History at Kenyon College

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

Kenyon is located in Gambier, Ohio and approximately 1,615 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Kenyon.

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

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best History Schools	25
	55
	56
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	74
Most Focused History Schools	80
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	282
Best Value History Schools	291
Most Popular History Schools	568

How Much Do History Graduates from Kenyon Make?

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kenyon is $37,181. This is 29% higher than $28,881, which is the national average for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from Kenyon. About 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Kenyon since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 86% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Kenyon 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Curt Smith under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.