History at Taft College

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

Taft College is located in Taft, California and has a total student population of 3,566.

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

Taft College History Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in History

Taft College History Rankings

History Student Demographics at Taft College

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

Taft College History Associate’s Program

31% Women

62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of history associate's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Taft College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Taft College with a associate's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Taft College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	4

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 CA, the home state for Taft College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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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