History at Santiago Canyon College

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

SCC is located in Orange, California and approximately 9,003 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.

SCC History Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in History

SCC History Rankings

History Student Demographics at SCC

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

SCC History Associate’s Program

30% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of history associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

SCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Santiago Canyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	18

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 Santiago Canyon 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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