History Education at University of Illinois at Chicago

Every history education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history teacher education program at University of Illinois at Chicago stacks up to those at other schools.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History Education section at the bottom of this page.

UIC History Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History Teacher Education
• Master’s Degree in History Teacher Education

UIC History Education Rankings

The history teacher education major at UIC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History 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.

History Teacher Education Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history teacher education majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC History Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of history teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in history teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIC History Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of history teacher education master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

Of the students who received a history teacher education master's degree from UIC, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in history teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• French Language Teacher Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Art Education
• Spanish Education
• Mathematics Education

Careers That History Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Middle School Teachers	22,320	$63,860
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
History Professors	780	$85,090

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.