History at Clark Atlanta University

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

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 3,776 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in history from CAU.

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

CAU History Degrees Available

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

CAU History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how CAU 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 CAU 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 Master’s Degree Schools	95
Most Popular History Master’s Degree Schools	290
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	735
Most Popular History Schools	750

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in history from CAU. This makes it the #290 most popular school for history master’s degree candidates in the country.

History Student Demographics at CAU

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

CAU History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at CAU since its program graduates 43% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CAU History Master’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a master's degree in History from CAU in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a master's in history.

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

CAU 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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Managers	14,480	$118,060
History Professors	250	$87,150
Curators	240	$46,380
Museum Technicians and Conservators	190	$43,390

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 Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.