History at Muhlenberg College

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Muhlenberg College stacks up to those at other schools.

Muhlenberg is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,067 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg.

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

Muhlenberg History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Muhlenberg History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg 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	281
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	570

History Student Demographics at Muhlenberg

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

Muhlenberg History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 history majors earned their bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Muhlenberg since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Muhlenberg 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 PA, the home state for Muhlenberg College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers	50,460	$64,830
Managers	11,060	$126,290
History Professors	1,000	$93,300
Curators	670	$53,840
Museum Technicians and Conservators	600	$42,700

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 Duempel at de.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.