Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

A program that focuses on the systematic study of education as a social and cultural institution, and the educational process as an object of humanistic inquiry. Includes instruction in such subjects as the philosophy of education, history of education, educational literature, educational anthropology, sociology of education, economics and politics of education, educational policy studies, and studies of education in relation to specific populations, issues, social phenomena, and types of work.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 58 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2923 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

450

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

302

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

115

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,964

awards given

Top Schools for Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	609
2	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	329
3	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	255
4	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	210
5	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	120
6	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	108
7	Hope International University Fullerton, CA	93
8	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	90
9	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	81
10	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	78
11	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	69
12	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	64
13	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	51
14	Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA	51
15	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	51
16	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	48
17	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	45
18	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	42
19	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	42
20	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	36
21	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	36
22	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	36
23	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	33
24	Amherst College Amherst, MA	24
25	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	21
26	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	21
27	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	21
28	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	18
29	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	18
30	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	18
31	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	12
32	University of Georgia Athens, GA	12
33	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	12
34	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	12
35	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	12
36	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	12
37	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	9
38	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	9
39	Drury University Springfield, MO	9
40	Transylvania University Lexington, KY	9
41	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	9
42	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	9
43	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	9
44	High Point University High Point, NC	6
45	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	6
46	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	6
47	DePaul University Chicago, IL	6
48	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	6
49	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	6
50	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	6
51	Washington State University Pullman, WA	6
52	Angelo State University San Angelo, TX	4
53	Lorain County Community College Elyria, OH	3
54	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	3
55	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	3
56	Endicott College Beverly, MA	3
57	Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA	3
58	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	3