2022 Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania” 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.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 85 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social studies education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social studies education programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Studies Education in Pennsylvania

#1

Cabrini University

Radnor, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$2,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cabrini University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Radnor, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social studies teacher education degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Cabrini University also made our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cabrini University are $2,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Studies Education at Cabrini University

#2

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$24,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Duquesne did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duquesne are $24,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Duquesne University Social Studies Education Report

#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Studies Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social studies teacher education degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Studies Education Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Social Studies Education at University of Pennsylvania

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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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