History at California University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at California University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,885. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Cal U.

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

Cal U History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Cal U History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Cal U 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 Cal U 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 Basic Certificate Schools	20

History Student Demographics at Cal U

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

Cal U History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Cal U. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal U since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Cal U 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 California University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	13

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Education

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 California University of Pennsylvania.

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 Wjmoore17 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.