History at Grambling State University

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

GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and has a total student population of 5,438. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in history from GSU.

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

GSU History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how GSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	786
Most Popular History Schools	906

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

Of the 6 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GSU, about 33% were men and 67% were 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 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.