Social Studies Education at Eastern Michigan University

If you are interested in studying social studies education, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Michigan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 25 social studies teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan.

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.

Eastern Michigan Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Eastern Michigan Social Studies Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at Eastern Michigan 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused Social Studies Education Graduate Certificate Schools	11
Most Popular Social Studies Education Schools	12
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 social studies teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan. Of these graduates, 52% were men and 48% 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 Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Eastern Michigan are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Eastern Michigan 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	2
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Eastern Michigan 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
• Modern Language Education
• Physics Education
• French Language 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Middle School Teachers	12,750	$64,540
Education Professors	1,130	$76,650

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.