History at University of California - San Diego

If you plan to study history, take a look at what University of California - San Diego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

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

UCSD History Degrees Available

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

UCSD History Rankings

The history major at UCSD 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

History Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 University of California - San Diego with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	24
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UCSD History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of history master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	3
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 University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	80

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human 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 CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.