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. Of the 476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The College of Wooster in 2021, 26 of them were history majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Wooster College performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best History Schools	40
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	87
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Best Value History Schools	321
Most Popular History Schools	365

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

Of the 26 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wooster College, about 58% were men and 42% were women.

About 81% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wooster College 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 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

Related Majors

• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Zi94sm65 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.