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Social Studies Education at Hunter College

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.

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 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.

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

75% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% 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 Hunter since its program graduates 35% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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.

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

Hunter Social Studies Education Master’s Program

45% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of social studies teacher education master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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Of the students who received a social studies teacher education master's degree from Hunter, 55% 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 45% of degree recipients. That is 28% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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