by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Social Studies Education is the 291st most popular major in the country with 1,968 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 98 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 social studies education graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in social studies education. That schools that top this list have a program in social studies education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree social studies teacher education students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Cabrini University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s social studies teacher education students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Social Studies Education at Cabrini University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the 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 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Pennsylvania Social Studies Education Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilkes University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s social studies teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Social Studies Education at Wilkes University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duquesne University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social studies teacher education degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Widener University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Studies Teacher Education Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Chester, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s social studies teacher education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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