History Education at Central Washington University

If you are interested in studying history education, you may want to check out the program at Central Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 history teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from CWU.

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

CWU History Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History Teacher Education

CWU History Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history teacher education progam at CWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history teacher education major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular History Education Basic Certificate Schools	1
Best Value History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Value History Education Schools	33
Most Focused History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46

History Teacher Education Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history teacher education majors at Central Washington University.

CWU History Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical history teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history teacher education at CWU 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 Washington University with a bachelor's in history teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CWU also has a doctoral program available in history teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Trade & Industrial Teacher Education
• Distributive Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Technical Teacher Education
• Science Education

Careers That History Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Middle School Teachers	9,070	$65,630
Education Professors	1,150	$72,280
History Professors	430	$71,280

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.