History at Beloit College

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Beloit College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Beloit is located in Beloit, Wisconsin and approximately 978 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Beloit.

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

Beloit History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Beloit History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Beloit compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Beloit 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	39
Most Focused History Schools	42
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	455

History Student Demographics at Beloit

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

Beloit History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Beloit in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Beloit since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Beloit 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 Beloit College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Beloit 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 Beloit College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Beloit College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	15

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 WI, the home state for Beloit College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Managers	12,400	$85,050
History Professors	340	$80,590
Curators	210	$50,610
Archivists	90	$47,800

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 Robin Zebrowski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.