History at Spelman College

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Spelman College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Spelman is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 2,207. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Spelman.

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

Spelman History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Spelman History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Spelman 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 Spelman 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	356
Most Focused History Schools	409
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	735
Most Popular History Schools	851

History Student Demographics at Spelman

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

Spelman History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Spelman in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Spelman since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 72% 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 Spelman College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Spelman College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Spelman College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	7

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Education
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 GA, the home state for Spelman College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
High School Teachers	27,620	$58,050
Managers	14,480	$118,060
History Professors	250	$87,150
Curators	240	$46,380
Museum Technicians and Conservators	190	$43,390

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 Energy.gov under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.