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Social Studies Education at Western Carolina University

Social Studies Education at Western Carolina University

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

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 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.

WCU Social Studies Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

WCU Social Studies Education Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at WCU 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 WCU

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

WCU Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 WCU since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at WCU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers 25,240 $47,580
Middle School Teachers 18,640 $47,050
Education Professors 2,500 $66,990
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 260 $82,580

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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