History at Pacific Lutheran University

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Pacific Lutheran University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in history from PLU.

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

PLU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

PLU History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how PLU 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 PLU 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
Best History Schools	154
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	609

Earnings of PLU History Graduates

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at PLU is $29,516. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $28,881 for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

History Student Demographics at PLU

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

PLU History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from PLU in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at PLU 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 Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in history.

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

PLU 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 WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Managers	11,280	$125,490
History Professors	430	$71,280
Museum Technicians and Conservators	230	$46,300
Curators	220	$65,790

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.