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Social Studies Education at Messiah University

Social Studies Education at Messiah University

If you plan to study social studies education, take a look at what Messiah University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Messiah is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,370.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Social Studies Education section at the bottom of this page.

Messiah Social Studies Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Teacher Education

Messiah Social Studies Education Rankings

The social studies teacher education major at Messiah is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Studies Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Social Studies Teacher Education Student Demographics at Messiah

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social studies teacher education majors at Messiah University.

Messiah Social Studies Education Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of social studies teacher education bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical social studies teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Messiah since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social studies teacher education at Messiah are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social studies teacher education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Messiah University with a bachelor's in social studies teacher education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Social Studies Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in social studies teacher education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Messiah University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Middle School Teachers 21,640 $67,950
Education Professors 2,690 $70,990
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 440 $93,440

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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