History at Bridgewater State University

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

Bridgewater State is located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts and approximately 10,651 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 81 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Bridgewater State.

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

Bridgewater State History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Bridgewater State History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State 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
	96
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value History Schools	145

Earnings of Bridgewater State History Graduates

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bridgewater State is $33,257. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $28,881 for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

History Student Demographics at Bridgewater State

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

Bridgewater State History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 81 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Bridgewater State in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	69
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bridgewater State 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 Bridgewater State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
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 Jeremy Foote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.