History at Connecticut College

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

Conn College is located in New London, Connecticut and approximately 1,737 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Conn College.

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

Conn College History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Conn College History Rankings

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

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 Conn College 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	30
Most Focused History Schools	33
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	165
	166
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Most Popular History Schools	365
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	400

Earnings of Conn College History Graduates

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Conn College is $30,404. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $28,881 for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

History Student Demographics at Conn College

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

Conn College History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Conn College in 2020-2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Conn College since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Conn College 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 Connecticut College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Conn College 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 CT, the home state for Connecticut College.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Managers	6,590	$129,730
History Professors	320	$83,870
Museum Technicians and Conservators	290	$55,340
Curators	230	$67,430

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.