History at Hope College

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

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,061. Of the 831 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hope College in 2021, 16 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.

Hope History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Hope History Rankings

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

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 Hope 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	438

History Student Demographics at Hope

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

Hope History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Hope. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Hope since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Hope 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 Hope College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hope 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 MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
High School Teachers	24,130	$62,950
Managers	6,370	$98,780
History Professors	520	$78,710
Museum Technicians and Conservators	380	$36,030
Curators	370	$50,530

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.