If you plan on majoring in social studies education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #291 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for social studies education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11 degrees in social studies education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The social studies teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Studies Education rankings. For our Best Overall Social Studies Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Social Studies Education Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Social Studies Education in Louisiana
The schools below may not offer all types of social studies teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Louisiana Schools in Social Studies Teacher Education
It is difficult to beat Xavier University of Louisiana if you want to pursue a degree in social studies education. Located in the large city of New Orleans, XULA is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1562 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means XULA is a great university overall.More information about a degree in social studies education from Xavier University of Louisiana
Southeastern Louisiana University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in social studies education. Southeastern is a large public university located in the small city of Hammond. This university ranks 16th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 10 social studies education students who graduated with this degree at Southeastern in the most recent data year.
Louisiana College is a great option for students interested in a degree in social studies education. Located in the small suburb of Pineville, Louisiana College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 18th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 1 social studies education students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).