History at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. In 2021, 12 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Mt. Holyoke.

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

Mt. Holyoke History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Mt. Holyoke History Rankings

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

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 Mt. Holyoke 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	265
Most Focused History Schools	304
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	534
Most Popular History Schools	632

History Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

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

Mt. Holyoke History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Mt. Holyoke. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mt. Holyoke 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mount Holyoke College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	12

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Education
• Social Sciences

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 Mount Holyoke College.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.