History at Seattle Pacific University

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

SPU is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 3,601. Of the 689 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 2021, 7 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.

SPU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

SPU History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at SPU 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 SPU 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 Schools	1,032

History Student Demographics at SPU

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

SPU History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at SPU since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's in history.

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

SPU 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 Seattle Pacific University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	7

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 WA, the home state for Seattle Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
High School Teachers	14,560	$67,550
Managers	11,280	$125,490
History Professors	430	$71,280
Museum Technicians and Conservators	230	$46,300
Curators	220	$65,790

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 Westlake78 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.