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History at California State University - Long Beach

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History at California State University - Long Beach

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

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 161 students received a bachelor's degree in history from CSULB.

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

CSULB History Degrees Available

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

CSULB History Rankings

The history major at CSULB 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.

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in history from CSULB. This makes it the #246 most popular school for history master’s degree candidates in the country.

History Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB History Bachelor’s Program

39% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The history program at CSULB awarded 161 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 61% of these degrees went to men with the other 39% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 - Long Beach with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 67
White 53
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

CSULB History Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who earned a master's degree in History from CSULB in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

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Of the students who received a history master's degree from CSULB, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 164

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 - Long Beach.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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