Social Studies Education at Emporia State University

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

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 students attend the school each year.

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.

ESU Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

ESU Social Studies Education Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at ESU 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 ESU

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

ESU Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% 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 ESU since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at ESU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Emporia State University with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Modern Language 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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Middle School Teachers	6,480	$51,790
Education Professors	350	$68,730
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	110	$78,350

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.