General History at Sonoma State University

Every general history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general history program at Sonoma State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SSU is located in Rohnert Park, California and approximately 8,018 students attend the school each year.

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

SSU General History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General History
• Master’s Degree in General History

SSU General History Rankings

The general history major at SSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General History Student Demographics at SSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general history majors at Sonoma State University.

SSU General History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of general history bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical general history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at SSU since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general history at SSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sonoma State University with a bachelor's in general history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

SSU General History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general history master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a general history master's degree from SSU, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the general history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sonoma State University with a master's in general history.

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

Related Majors

Careers That General History Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 Sonoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Historians	250	$88,770

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 Stepheng3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.