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History at San Diego Mesa College

History at San Diego Mesa College

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

San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and approximately 20,693 students attend the school each year.

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

San Diego Mesa College History Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in History

San Diego Mesa College History Rankings

History Student Demographics at San Diego Mesa College

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

San Diego Mesa College History Associate’s Program

38% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of history associate's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in history at San Diego Mesa College are white. Around 62% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. San Diego Mesa College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego Mesa College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 19

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 San Diego Mesa 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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