History at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

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

MCLA is located in North Adams, Massachusetts and approximately 1,202 students attend the school each year. Of the 284 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2021, 13 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.

MCLA History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

MCLA History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at MCLA 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 MCLA 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 Schools	64
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	505
Most Popular History Schools	602

History Student Demographics at MCLA

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

MCLA History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MCLA, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at MCLA since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at MCLA 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 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MCLA 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Managers	8,660	$131,450
History Professors	1,030	$97,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	580	$56,100
Curators	520	$68,240

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 Magicpiano under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.