History at Alma College

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Alma College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Alma is located in Alma, Michigan and approximately 1,435 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Alma.

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

Alma History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Alma History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Alma 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 Alma 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Most Focused History Schools	108

History Student Demographics at Alma

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

Alma History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Alma. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Alma are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Alma College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	12

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

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 MI, the home state for Alma College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Managers	6,370	$98,780
History Professors	520	$78,710
Museum Technicians and Conservators	380	$36,030
Curators	370	$50,530

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 Santosdo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.