History at Eckerd College

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

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 1,822. Of the 541 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eckerd College in 2021, 8 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.

Eckerd History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Eckerd History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Eckerd 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 Eckerd 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	344
Most Focused History Schools	397
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	680
Most Popular History Schools	790

History Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Eckerd. About 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 Eckerd since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eckerd College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	8

Related Majors

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

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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Curators	680	$46,570
History Professors	450	$79,550
Museum Technicians and Conservators	400	$41,600

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.