History at Delaware State University

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

Del State is located in Dover, Delaware and approximately 4,739 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Del State.

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

Del State History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Del State History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Del State 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 Del State 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	832

History Student Demographics at Del State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Delaware State University.

Del State History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Del State in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Del State since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Delaware State University with a bachelor's in history.

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

Del State 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 DE, the home state for Delaware State University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
High School Teachers	2,650	$65,040
Managers	900	$134,410
Curators	60	$58,740
History Professors	50	$80,860
Archivists	40	$46,080

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 Smartyllama under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.