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. Of the 164 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in 2021, 14 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.

ESU Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

ESU Social Studies Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social studies teacher education progam at ESU 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Social Studies Education Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Best Value Social Studies Education Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Best Social Studies Education Graduate Certificate Schools	7
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Social Studies Education Graduate Certificate Schools	8
Best Social Studies Education Schools	26
Most Focused Social Studies Education Schools	46

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, 50% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 ESU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at ESU 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 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	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ESU 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

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Biology Education
• Earth Science Teacher 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.