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History at Kenyon College

History at Kenyon College

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

Kenyon is located in Gambier, Ohio and has a total student population of 1,615.

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

Kenyon History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Kenyon History Rankings

The history major at Kenyon 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 Kenyon

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

Kenyon History Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Kenyon 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 Kenyon College with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 18
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Kenyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 14

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 OH, the home state for Kenyon College.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers 52,240 $61,930
Managers 14,410 $107,320
History Professors 880 $88,310
Curators 380 $57,220
Museum Technicians and Conservators 370 $41,940

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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