History at Gettysburg College

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

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,507. Of the 717 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College in 2021, 45 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.

Gettysburg History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Gettysburg History Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Gettysburg 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	15
Most Focused History Schools	17
Best History Schools	46
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Most Popular History Schools	199
	229
	230
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	341
Best Value History Schools	348

History Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Gettysburg, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Gettysburg since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Gettysburg 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 Gettysburg College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	45

Related Majors

• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• 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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

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 Jason Kowell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.