Social Studies Education at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and has a total student population of 28,798. Of the 383 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 25 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.

ECU Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

ECU Social Studies Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social studies teacher education progam at ECU 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 ECU 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
Most Popular Social Studies Education Schools	12
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Focused Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to 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 ECU since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at ECU 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 East Carolina 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	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ECU 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

• Health Occupations Teacher Education
• Drama & Dance Education
• Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Art 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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Middle School Teachers	18,640	$47,050
Education Professors	2,500	$66,990
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$82,580

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.