History at Eastern Connecticut State University

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

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,644. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in history from ECSU.

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

ECSU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

ECSU History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how ECSU 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 ECSU 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	118
Most Focused History Schools	128
Most Popular History Schools	291
	386
	386
Best Value History Schools	398

History Student Demographics at ECSU

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

ECSU History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 33 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from ECSU in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at ECSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	33

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education
• 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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.