Social Studies Education at Central Michigan University

If you plan to study social studies education, take a look at what Central Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and approximately 17,311 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Social Studies Education section at the bottom of this page.

Central Michigan Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Central Michigan Social Studies Education Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at Central Michigan is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Studies Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Central Michigan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social studies teacher education majors at Central Michigan University.

Central Michigan Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical social studies teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Central Michigan since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Central Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Michigan University with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Biology Education
• Physics Education
• Speech Teacher Education
• Art Education
• Spanish Education

Careers That Social Studies Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in social studies teacher education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Central Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Middle School Teachers	12,750	$64,540
Education Professors	1,130	$76,650

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By cjh1452000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.