Social Studies Education at Hunter College

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

Hunter is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 24,052. Of the 56 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 15 of them were social studies education majors.

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.

Hunter Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education
• Master’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Hunter Social Studies Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at Hunter 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
Most Focused Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value Social Studies Education Schools	31

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in social studies teacher education from Hunter. This makes it the #7 most popular school for social studies teacher education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social studies teacher education majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social studies teacher education from Hunter in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical social studies teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social studies teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hunter Social Studies Education Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a master’s in social studies teacher education from Hunter in 2021, 39% were men and 61% were women.

Of the students who received a social studies teacher education master's degree from Hunter, 61% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the social studies teacher education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Spanish Education
• Physics Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Latin Teacher Education
• Biology 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 NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.