Social Studies Education at Indiana State University

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

Indiana State is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year. Of the 142 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University in 2021, 12 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.

Indiana State Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Indiana State Social Studies Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social studies teacher education progam at Indiana State 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 Indiana State 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 Schools	54
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
	73
Most Focused Social Studies Education Schools	88
Best Social Studies Education Schools	130

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Indiana State

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

Indiana State Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

The social studies teacher education program at Indiana State awarded 12 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 42% of these degrees went to men with the other 58% going 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 Indiana State since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Indiana State 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 Indiana State 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	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Indiana State 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
• Technology Education
• Art Education
• Science Education
• Trade & Industrial 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 IN, the home state for Indiana State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Middle School Teachers	11,510	$52,690
Education Professors	1,540	$70,110
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	60	$79,960

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 Tcampbell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.