History at Florida Southern College

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Florida Southern College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Florida Southern is located in Lakeland, Florida and approximately 3,413 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Florida Southern.

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

Florida Southern History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Florida Southern History Rankings

The history major at Florida Southern 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 Florida Southern

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

Florida Southern History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Florida Southern, about 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Florida Southern since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Florida Southern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Southern College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Florida Southern College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	12

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Education

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 Florida Southern 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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.