History at Bryn Mawr College

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

Bryn Mawr is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and approximately 1,634 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr.

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

Bryn Mawr History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Bryn Mawr History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Bryn Mawr performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Bryn Mawr 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	206
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	609
Most Popular History Schools	714

History Student Demographics at Bryn Mawr

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

Bryn Mawr History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Bryn Mawr awarded 10 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Bryn Mawr since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Bryn Mawr are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Bryn Mawr 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 PA, the home state for Bryn Mawr College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
History Professors	1,000	$93,300
Curators	670	$53,840
Museum Technicians and Conservators	600	$42,700

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 Smallbones under License

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