History at Eastern University

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

EU is located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,504. Of the 368 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern University in 2021, 4 of them were history majors.

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

EU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

EU History Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at EU 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	915
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	939
Most Focused History Schools	1,075

History Student Demographics at EU

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

EU History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 history majors earned their bachelor's degree from EU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at EU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Eastern University with a bachelor's in history.

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

EU 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 PA, the home state for Eastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
History Professors	1,000	$93,300
Curators	670	$53,840
Museum Technicians and Conservators	600	$42,700

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 Dddeyb under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.