History at Amherst College
Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year. Of the 468 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College in 2021, 25 of them were history majors.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.
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Amherst History Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in History
Amherst History Rankings
Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Amherst performed in these rankings.
Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.
Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings
The history major at Amherst 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 |
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Best History Schools | 10 |
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 11 |
17 | |
17 | |
Most Focused History Schools | 32 |
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 207 |
Best Value History Schools | 216 |
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 299 |
Most Popular History Schools | 376 |
Earnings of Amherst History Graduates
The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Amherst is $43,271. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 50% higher than the national average of $28,881 for all history bachelor's degree recipients.
History Student Demographics at Amherst
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Amherst College.
Amherst History Bachelor’s Program
About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Amherst are white. This is below average 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 Amherst College with a bachelor's in history.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
White | 14 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Amherst also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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 MA, the home state for Amherst College.
Occupation | Jobs in MA | Average Salary in MA |
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High School Teachers | 26,420 | $80,020 |
Managers | 8,660 | $131,450 |
History Professors | 1,030 | $97,350 |
Museum Technicians and Conservators | 580 | $56,100 |
Curators | 520 | $68,240 |
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 Daderot under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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