History at California State University - Dominguez Hills

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if California State University - Dominguez Hills is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

CSUDH is located in Carson, California and has a total student population of 18,687. Of the 3,776 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Dominguez Hills in 2021, 46 of them were history majors.

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

CSUDH History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

CSUDH History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how CSUDH 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 CSUDH 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
Best History Schools	370

Earnings of CSUDH History Graduates

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUDH is $24,510. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,881 for all history students.

History Student Demographics at CSUDH

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

CSUDH History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at CSUDH awarded 46 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at CSUDH since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 California State University - Dominguez Hills with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUDH 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 CA, the home state for California State University - Dominguez Hills.

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.