History at Augustana College

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

Augustana is located in Rock Island, Illinois and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Augustana.

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

Augustana History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Augustana History Rankings

The history major at Augustana 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.

History Student Demographics at Augustana

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

Augustana History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Augustana awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 40% of these degrees went to men with the other 60% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Augustana since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Augustana 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 Augustana College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Augustana 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 Augustana College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Augustana College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	15

Related Majors

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

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 IL, the home state for Augustana College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Museum Technicians and Conservators	940	$45,210
History Professors	780	$85,090
Curators	380	$56,420
Archivists	170	$63,200

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.