History at Dartmouth College

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Dartmouth College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292. In 2021, 59 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Dartmouth.

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

Dartmouth History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Dartmouth History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth 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 Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	102
Most Focused History Schools	152
Best Value History Schools	216

History Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Dartmouth. About 37% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Dartmouth are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	35
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Dartmouth also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Dartmouth College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dartmouth College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	59

Related Majors

• Psychology
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
High School Teachers	5,130	$61,510
Managers	950	$123,580
History Professors	110	$97,700

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.