History at Bakersfield College

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

Bakersfield College is located in Bakersfield, California and approximately 24,903 students attend the school each year.

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

Bakersfield College History Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in History

Bakersfield College History Rankings

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History Student Demographics at Bakersfield College

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

Bakersfield College History Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of history associate's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in history only graduates about 43% women each year. The program at Bakersfield College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

Bakersfield College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 CA, the home state for Bakersfield College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.