Best Schools for Social Science Teacher Education in Alabama
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the social science teacher education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Social Science Teacher Education
No school ranked higher than Auburn University this year for social science teacher education. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn University is a very large public university. About 82% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 24 social science teacher education students who graduated with this degree at Auburn University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their social science teacher education degree from Auburn University earn around $60,823 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $23,600 to complete this degree.
See the full social science teacher education program report for Auburn University
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 5 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.