History at Albright College

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Albright College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

Albright is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,584. In 2021, 16 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Albright.

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

Albright History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Albright History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Albright compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Albright is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Schools	95
Best Value History Schools	266

History Student Demographics at Albright

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Albright College.

Albright History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Albright awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Albright since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Albright are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Albright College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Albright also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Albright College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Albright College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	16

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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 Albright College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
History Professors	1,000	$93,300
Curators	670	$53,840
Museum Technicians and Conservators	600	$42,700

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Gcarbone2014 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.