History at Santa Clara University

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 Santa Clara University stacks up to those at other schools.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 20 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.

SCU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

SCU History Rankings

The history major at SCU 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.

History Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SCU, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SCU also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Santa Clara University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	20

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

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 Santa Clara University.

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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.