Social Studies Education at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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

IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and approximately 29,390 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.

IUPUI Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

IUPUI Social Studies Education Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at IUPUI 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 IUPUI

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

IUPUI Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 IUPUI since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at IUPUI 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 Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Speech Teacher Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Art 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 University - Purdue University - Indianapolis.

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 Daderot under License

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