History at Baker University

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

Baker is located in Baldwin City, Kansas and has a total student population of 2,279. Of the 367 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Baker University in 2021, 6 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.

Baker History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Baker History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Baker 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 Baker 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	740
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	786

History Student Demographics at Baker

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

Baker History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Baker awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Baker since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Baker 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 Baker University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Baker 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 KS, the home state for Baker University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
High School Teachers	11,660	$51,490
Managers	2,420	$102,560
Museum Technicians and Conservators	160	$36,040
History Professors	150	$75,440
Curators	120	$50,630

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 Bhall87 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.