History at College of the Desert

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at College of the Desert stacks up to those at other schools.

College of the Desert is located in Palm Desert, California and has a total student population of 10,932.

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

College of the Desert History Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in History

Online Classes Are Available at College of the Desert

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? College of the Desert offers distance education options for history at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

College of the Desert History Rankings

History Student Demographics at College of the Desert

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

College of the Desert History Associate’s Program

27% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of history associate's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

College of the Desert does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 53% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 College of the Desert. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	35

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 CA, the home state for College of the Desert.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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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