History at Dominican University

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

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Dominican U.

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

Dominican U History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Dominican U History Rankings

The history major at Dominican U 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.

History Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Dominican U since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 72% 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 Dominican University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dominican U 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 Dominican University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Dominican University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	4

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Library Science
• 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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Museum Technicians and Conservators	940	$45,210
History Professors	780	$85,090
Curators	380	$56,420
Archivists	170	$63,200

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 HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.