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Social Studies Education at East Carolina University

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.

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 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.

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

29% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 71% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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About 88% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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