Social Studies Education at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. In 2021, 18 social studies teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue.

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.

Purdue Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Purdue Social Studies Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social studies teacher education programs across the country. The following shows how Purdue 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 Purdue 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	11
Best Social Studies Education Schools	12
	33
Best Value Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Most Focused Social Studies Education Schools	201

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education from Purdue. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. The typical social studies teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue 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

• Art Education
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching

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 Purdue University - Main Campus.

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.