2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social studies education programs, but they also 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education

#1

Teachers College at Columbia University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$42,910 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Teachers College at Columbia University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate. Teachers College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 6 doctorate’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Teachers College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Studies Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Teachers College are $42,910.

Read more about Social Studies Education at Teachers College at Columbia University

#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 list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social studies teacher education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Studies Education Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Studies Education at University of 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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