History at Johns Hopkins 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 Johns Hopkins University stacks up to those at other schools.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890.

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

Johns Hopkins History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History
• Master’s Degree in History

Johns Hopkins History Rankings

The history major at Johns Hopkins 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.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

History Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Johns Hopkins History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of history master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Of the students who received a history master's degree from Johns Hopkins, 88% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Johns Hopkins University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	47

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature

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 Johns Hopkins University.

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.