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History at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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

SIUC History Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in History
Master’s Degree in History

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SIUC offers distance education options for history at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC History Rankings

The history major at SIUC 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #99 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

History Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC History Bachelor’s Program

62% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC History Master’s Program

25% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of history master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

Of the students who received a history master's degree from SIUC, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	22

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Museum Technicians and Conservators	940	$45,210
History Professors	780	$85,090
Curators	380	$56,420
Archivists	170	$63,200

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 Mark Jaroski under License

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