History at Pomona College

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

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 1,475. Of the 395 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College in 2021, 12 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.

Pomona History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Pomona History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Pomona 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 Pomona 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	111
Most Focused History Schools	120
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	534
Most Popular History Schools	632

History Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Pomona in 2021, 58% were men and 42% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pomona 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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.