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History at St Olaf College

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. 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

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

53% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 30 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from St. Olaf in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. 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.

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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.

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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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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