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History at The College of Wooster

History at The College of Wooster

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

Wooster College is located in Wooster, Ohio and has a total student population of 1,924.

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

Wooster College History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wooster College History Rankings

The history major at Wooster College 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.

History Student Demographics at Wooster College

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

Wooster College History Bachelor’s Program

32% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 68% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wooster College 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 The College of Wooster with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 16
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 26

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 OH, the home state for The College of Wooster.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers 52,240 $61,930
Managers 14,410 $107,320
History Professors 880 $88,310
Curators 380 $57,220
Museum Technicians and Conservators 370 $41,940

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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