History at Carthage College

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

Carthage is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and approximately 2,763 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Carthage.

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

Carthage History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Carthage History Rankings

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

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 Carthage 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	305
Best Value History Schools	315
	334
	335
Most Popular History Schools	537

How Much Do History Graduates from Carthage Make?

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Carthage is $24,792. This is less than $28,881, which is the national average of all history majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

History Student Demographics at Carthage

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

Carthage History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Carthage. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Carthage 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 Carthage College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Carthage 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 WI, the home state for Carthage College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Managers	12,400	$85,050
History Professors	340	$80,590
Curators	210	$50,610
Archivists	90	$47,800

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 Richie Diesterheft under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.