History at Northern State University

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

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and approximately 3,431 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in history from NSU.

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

NSU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

NSU History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at NSU 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 NSU 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 Basic Certificate Schools	20
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	402
Most Focused History Schools	459
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	832
Most Popular History Schools	958

History Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from NSU in 2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at NSU 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 Northern State University with a bachelor's in history.

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

NSU 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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
High School Teachers	3,520	$42,960
Managers	370	$99,030
Museum Technicians and Conservators	100	$31,550
Curators	70	$50,100
History Professors	50	$68,250

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.