Bachelor's degree · History · CIP 54.01
History: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 1,169 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in History, together awarding 23,350 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $38,188 one year after finishing and $53,592 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,951 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare History programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 330 of 1,136; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in History
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester · Private nonprofit | NH | 353 | $40,951 | $52,437 | $29,100 |
| Liberty University Lynchburg · Private nonprofit | VA | 265 | $43,710 | $49,988 | $21,750 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 216 | $32,774 | $62,867 | $11,673 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 171 | $35,364 | $68,195 | $11,667 |
| Grand Canyon University Phoenix · Private nonprofit | AZ | 167 | $44,400 | $50,626 | $41,406 |
| Harvard University Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 152 | $54,630 | $80,018 | n/a |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 151 | $40,336 | $57,203 | $20,225 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 146 | $42,101 | $57,993 | $23,080 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville · Public | VA | 146 | $45,749 | $74,553 | $16,081 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 133 | $43,803 | $67,764 | $11,744 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 132 | $36,403 | $56,805 | $15,000 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 132 | $46,456 | $64,928 | $15,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 131 | $42,880 | $63,022 | $17,761 |
| University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi · Public | MD | 130 | $44,662 | $65,521 | $24,482 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 129 | $35,281 | $56,678 | $13,457 |
| William & Mary Williamsburg · Public | VA | 129 | $45,646 | $57,035 | $19,500 |
| Yale University New Haven · Private nonprofit | CT | 129 | $61,357 | n/a | $7,500 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 128 | $39,123 | $50,508 | $18,750 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 127 | $32,968 | $55,339 | $15,000 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 127 | $36,960 | $58,499 | $13,670 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 126 | $38,229 | $59,824 | $11,558 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 123 | $34,893 | $62,978 | $11,193 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 122 | $58,276 | $95,624 | $21,500 |
| California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino · Public | CA | 116 | $33,424 | $46,967 | $13,410 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 115 | $38,028 | $50,543 | $17,518 |
| American Public University System Charles Town · Private for-profit | WV | 113 | $50,567 | $60,028 | $17,803 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 113 | $34,761 | $51,712 | $19,249 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 110 | $32,760 | $52,254 | $17,707 |
| Illinois State University Normal · Public | IL | 109 | $41,453 | $59,828 | $16,500 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 102 | $39,677 | $57,809 | $21,500 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 101 | $44,289 | $69,445 | $19,707 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 100 | $27,016 | $57,882 | $17,500 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 97 | $35,042 | $62,393 | $15,000 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 96 | $59,101 | $69,607 | $21,500 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 96 | $43,706 | $55,068 | $23,580 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 96 | $37,408 | $59,637 | $22,750 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 95 | $43,651 | $57,931 | $19,604 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 94 | $43,724 | $62,966 | $16,250 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 93 | $42,101 | $57,993 | $23,080 |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 93 | $40,453 | $55,010 | $11,000 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 92 | $37,716 | $54,478 | $15,495 |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville · Public | TX | 90 | $47,548 | $53,929 | $25,529 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 90 | $40,549 | $57,143 | $13,000 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 89 | $40,446 | $52,166 | $21,860 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 87 | $38,146 | $60,717 | $21,470 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 86 | $42,175 | $62,406 | $21,500 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 86 | $36,730 | $57,656 | $23,190 |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 85 | $31,516 | $58,461 | $15,000 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 85 | $38,339 | $50,832 | $20,500 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 85 | n/a | $77,938 | $15,750 |
Quick facts: History
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in History?
- The College Scorecard lists 1,169 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in History.
- How much do History graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $38,188 one year after graduation (366 institutions reporting) and $53,592 five years after graduation (456 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do History graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Dartmouth College ($110,942), Amherst College ($102,511), Williams College ($98,610), Hobart William Smith Colleges ($97,268), and Columbia University in the City of New York ($95,624).
- How much student debt do History graduates have?
- The median institution's History graduates leave with $21,951 in federal student loans (363 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most History degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Southern New Hampshire University (353), Liberty University (265), University of California-Los Angeles (216), University of California-Santa Barbara (171), and Grand Canyon University (167).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in History (CIP code 54.01), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.