Social Studies Education at Juniata College

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

Juniata is located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,356 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education from Juniata.

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.

Juniata Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Juniata Social Studies Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social studies teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Juniata 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 Juniata 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
Best Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Social Studies Education Schools	15
Most Focused Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
	37
Most Focused Social Studies Education Schools	42
	48
Most Popular Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Most Popular Social Studies Education Schools	129
Best Value Social Studies Education Schools	160

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Juniata

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social studies teacher education majors at Juniata College.

Juniata Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Juniata are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Juniata College 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Juniata 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

• Science Education
• Chemistry Education
• Spanish Education
• English & Language Arts 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 PA, the home state for Juniata College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Middle School Teachers	21,640	$67,950
Education Professors	2,690	$70,990
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	440	$93,440

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 K.hierasimowicz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.