History at Carleton College

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Carleton College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 1,940 students attend the school each year. Of the 517 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 2021, 28 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.

Carleton History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Carleton History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Carleton compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Carleton 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	28
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Most Popular History Schools	340

History Student Demographics at Carleton

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

Carleton History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Carleton. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Carleton 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 Carleton College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	23
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Carleton College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carleton College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	28

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Managers	9,350	$128,590
History Professors	340	$80,920
Curators	200	$55,740
Museum Technicians and Conservators	200	$42,750

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 Dogs1337 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.