History at St Olaf College

If you plan to study history, take a look at what St Olaf College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 2,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in history from St. Olaf.

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

St. Olaf History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

St. Olaf History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at St. Olaf 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 St. Olaf 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	101
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	255

History Student Demographics at St. Olaf

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

St. Olaf History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from St. Olaf. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at St. Olaf since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at St. Olaf 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 St Olaf College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	25
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at St Olaf College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	30

Related Majors

• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers	20,940	$64,610
Managers	9,350	$128,590
History Professors	340	$80,920
Curators	200	$55,740
Museum Technicians and Conservators	200	$42,750

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 Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

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