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History at Colby College

History at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155.

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

Colby History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Colby History Rankings

The history major at Colby 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.

History Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby History Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Colby are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colby College with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Colby College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 28

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 ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers 5,790 $54,240
Managers 1,380 $96,570
History Professors 140 $73,350
Curators 90 $52,270
Museum Technicians and Conservators 90 $40,610

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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