History at Grambling State University

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Grambling State University stacks up to those at other schools.

GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and approximately 5,438 students attend the school each year.

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

GSU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Online Classes Are Available at GSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GSU does offer online courses in history for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GSU History Rankings

The history major at GSU 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 GSU

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

GSU History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at GSU since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 64% 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 Grambling State University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grambling State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	6

Related Majors

• English Language & Literature
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 LA, the home state for Grambling State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Curators	140	$42,190
History Professors	110	$71,360
Museum Technicians and Conservators	100	$24,690

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.