History at Goucher College

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

Goucher is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 2,015 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Goucher.

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

Goucher History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Goucher History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Goucher 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 Goucher 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	205
Most Popular History Schools	632

History Student Demographics at Goucher

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

Goucher History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Goucher in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Goucher since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Goucher 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 Goucher College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	12

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• 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 MD, the home state for Goucher College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Archivists	430	$67,360
Museum Technicians and Conservators	430	$66,300
History Professors	300	$75,970

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 Rob Coyle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.