History at Lakeland University

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

Lakeland is located in Plymouth, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 2,753. Of the 478 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lakeland University in 2021, 4 of them were history majors.

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

Lakeland History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Lakeland History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Lakeland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Lakeland 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
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	861
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	915
Most Focused History Schools	983

History Student Demographics at Lakeland

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

Lakeland History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Lakeland in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Lakeland since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lakeland also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Lakeland University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	4

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Education

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 WI, the home state for Lakeland University.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
High School Teachers	20,070	$58,360
Managers	12,400	$85,050
History Professors	340	$80,590
Curators	210	$50,610
Archivists	90	$47,800

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 self under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.