Social Studies Education at Western Michigan University

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

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education from WMU.

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.

WMU Social Studies Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

WMU Social Studies Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social studies 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 social studies teacher education major at WMU 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
Most Popular Social Studies Education Schools	51
Most Focused Social Studies Education Schools	155

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at WMU

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

WMU Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Studies Education from WMU in 2020-2021, 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical social studies teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at WMU since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies 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 social studies teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WMU 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

• Trade & Industrial Teacher Education
• Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
• Health Education
• History Education
• Biology 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 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

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.