History at Colby College

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Colby College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year. Of the 711 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colby 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.

Colby History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Colby History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Colby 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268
Most Popular History Schools	340

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

The history program at Colby awarded 28 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Colby 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.