A degree in social studies education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #291 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Social Studies Education Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 degrees in social studies education to qualified students.
Your choice of social studies education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Social Studies Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Studies Education Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Social Studies Education in North Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the social studies teacher education degree levels they offer.
Top North Carolina Schools in Social Studies Teacher Education
East Carolina University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in social studies education. ECU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Greenville. A Best Colleges rank of #414 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ECU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 social studies education students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Greensboro if you wish to pursue a degree in social studies education. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Greensboro. A Best Colleges rank of #623 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Greensboro is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 social studies education students who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Western Carolina University if you want to pursue a degree in social studies education. WCU is a large public university located in the distant town of Cullowhee. This university ranks 17th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 5 social studies education students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in social studies education needs to look into University of North Carolina at Pembroke. UNC Pembroke is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Pembroke. This university ranks 54th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 4 social studies education students who graduated with this degree at UNC Pembroke in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of social studies education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Social Studies Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
