History Education at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and has a total student population of 14,999. Of the 342 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University in 2021, 13 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.

WSU History Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History Teacher Education

WSU History Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history teacher education major at WSU 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
Most Popular History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular History Education Schools	15
Best Value History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
	30
Best Value History Education Schools	31
	31
Most Focused History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best History Education Schools	54
Most Focused History Education Schools	64

History Teacher Education Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU History Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 history teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from WSU. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history teacher education at WSU 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 Wichita State University with a bachelor's in history teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WSU 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

• French Language Teacher Education
• Spanish Education
• Science Education
• Physics Education
• Art 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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Middle School Teachers	6,480	$51,790
Education Professors	350	$68,730
History Professors	150	$75,440

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 Hrududu under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.