History Education at Eastern Kentucky University

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

Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and approximately 14,465 students attend the school each year. Of the 131 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 2021, 2 of them were history education majors.

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.

Eastern History Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History Teacher Education

Eastern History Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Eastern performed in these rankings.

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 history teacher education major at Eastern 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
Best Value History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Best History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
	91
Most Focused History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	121
Most Focused History Education Schools	133

History Teacher Education Student Demographics at Eastern

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

Eastern 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.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history teacher education at Eastern 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 Eastern Kentucky 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Eastern 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

• Mathematics Education
• Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Technology Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Technical Teacher 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 KY, the home state for Eastern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Middle School Teachers	8,180	$54,620
Education Professors	850	$64,210
History Professors	290	$65,410

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 Alpha 40475 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.