Social Studies Teacher Education

A program that prepares individuals to teach general social studies programs at various educational levels.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 220 institutions across the United States, with a total of 5878 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,440

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

445

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,923

awards given

Top Schools for Social Studies Teacher Education

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	171
2	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY	165
3	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	162
4	University of Georgia Athens, GA	129
5	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	117
6	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	111
7	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	111
8	Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	108
9	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI	102
10	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	93
11	SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	87
12	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	86
13	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	78
14	Ball State University Muncie, IN	75
15	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	75
16	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	72
17	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	72
18	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	72
19	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	72
20	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	69
21	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	63
22	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	60
23	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	60
24	Emporia State University Emporia, KS	60
25	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI	60
26	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	57
27	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	54
28	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	54
29	Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO	54
30	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	54
31	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	54
32	SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY	51
33	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	51
34	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	51
35	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	51
36	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN	51
37	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	51
38	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	48
39	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	48
40	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	48
41	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	45
42	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI	45
43	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN	45
44	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	45
45	Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NY	45
46	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	42
47	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	42
48	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	42
49	Boston University Boston, MA	42
50	Manhattanville College Purchase, NY	42
51	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	42
52	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	39
53	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	39
54	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	36
55	Hope College Holland, MI	36
56	SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY	36
57	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	36
58	Niagara University Niagara University, NY	36
59	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	36
60	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	33
61	Fordham University Bronx, NY	33
62	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	33
63	University at Albany Albany, NY	33
64	Martin Luther College New Ulm, MN	33
65	University of Mississippi University, MS	30
66	Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR	30
67	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND	30
68	Cabrini University Radnor, PA	30
69	Capital University Columbus, OH	30
70	Brown University Providence, RI	30
71	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	27
72	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	27
73	Cornerstone University Grand Rapids, MI	27
74	Bradley University Peoria, IL	27
75	CUNY City College New York, NY	27
76	Indiana University-Southeast New Albany, IN	27
77	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID	27
78	Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, IN	27
79	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	27
80	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	27
81	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	27
82	Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN	24
83	University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR	24
84	Trine University Angola, IN	24
85	Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI	24
86	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	24
87	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	21
88	Adrian College Adrian, MI	21
89	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	21
90	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	21
91	Utah State University Logan, UT	21
92	Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA	21
93	Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN	21
94	The College of Saint Rose Albany, NY	18
95	Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon, OH	18
96	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	18
97	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	18
98	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	18
99	Baylor University Waco, TX	18
100	Anderson University Anderson, SC	18