General History at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 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.

Stanford General History Degrees Available

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

Stanford General History Rankings

The general history major at Stanford 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.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in general history. This makes the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General History Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford General History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of general history bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% 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 Stanford since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Stanford General History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of general history master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% women graduate in general history each year. Stanford does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 20% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Stanford 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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.