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History at Lake Forest College

History at Lake Forest College

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

Lake Forest is located in Lake Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 1,583.

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

Lake Forest History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Lake Forest History Rankings

The history major at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest

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

Lake Forest History Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Lake Forest since its program graduates 39% more women than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest College with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 1
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 Lake Forest College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 7

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 IL, the home state for Lake Forest College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Museum Technicians and Conservators 940 $45,210
History Professors 780 $85,090
Curators 380 $56,420
Archivists 170 $63,200

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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