History at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Johns Hopkins.

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
• Doctorate 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.

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in history from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #71 most popular school for history master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The history program at Johns Hopkins awarded 25 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going 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 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Johns Hopkins History Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in History from Johns Hopkins in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 11 students 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 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

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