History at Brown University

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Brown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 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.

Brown History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History
• Master’s Degree in History

Brown History Rankings

The history major at Brown 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

History Student Demographics at Brown

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

Brown History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Brown since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Brown are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	37
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Brown History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of history master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brown University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General History	91

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 RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440
Managers	830	$114,660
History Professors	200	$109,240
Archivists	80	$59,520
Curators	60	$63,030

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 Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.