History at Wabash College

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Wabash College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wabash is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and has a total student population of 868. Of the 200 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wabash College in 2021, 18 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.

Wabash History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wabash History Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Wabash 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	5
Most Focused History Schools	6
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best History Schools	73
	123
	125
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	297
Best Value History Schools	304
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	407
Most Popular History Schools	479

History Student Demographics at Wabash

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

Wabash History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wabash 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 Wabash College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Wabash also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Wabash College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	18

Related Majors

• Psychology
• 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 IN, the home state for Wabash College.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers	19,690	$53,030
Managers	7,290	$71,560
History Professors	290	$83,760
Curators	210	$45,560
Museum Technicians and Conservators	180	$36,250

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 Library of Congress under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.