History at San Diego Mesa 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 San Diego Mesa College stacks up to those at other schools.

San Diego Mesa College is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 20,693.

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

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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

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of history associate's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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 30% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.