2022 Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Studies Education is the 331st most popular major in the country with 1,830 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social studies education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social studies education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The social studies teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree social studies teacher education students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education (With Aid)

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Studies Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Studies Education at Iowa

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.

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