History Education at Western Michigan University

If you plan to study history education, take a look at what Western Michigan University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. Of the 163 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 2 of them were history education majors.

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.

WMU History Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History Teacher Education

WMU History Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history teacher education progam at WMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 history teacher education major at WMU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value History Education Schools	21

History Teacher Education Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU History Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 history teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from WMU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history teacher education at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in history teacher education.

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

WMU also has a doctoral program available in history teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Health Education
• Trade & Industrial Teacher Education
• Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
• Biology 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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Middle School Teachers	12,750	$64,540
Education Professors	1,130	$76,650
History Professors	520	$78,710

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.