History at Tougaloo College

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

Tougaloo is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi and approximately 775 students attend the school each year.

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

Tougaloo History Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in History
• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Tougaloo History Rankings

The history major at Tougaloo 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 Tougaloo

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

Tougaloo History Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of history associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in history only graduates about 43% women each year. The program at Tougaloo may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

Tougaloo does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 71% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Tougaloo History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Tougaloo since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 71% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Tougaloo College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	3

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• English Language & Literature
• 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 MS, the home state for Tougaloo College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
Managers	1,230	$82,230
History Professors	180	$71,790
Historians	110	$41,090
Curators	30	$44,240

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 MS Dept of Archives and History under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.