History at Wartburg College

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

Wartburg is located in Waverly, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,563. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Wartburg.

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

Wartburg History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wartburg History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Wartburg compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Wartburg 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 Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	832

History Student Demographics at Wartburg

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

Wartburg History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Wartburg. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wartburg 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 Wartburg College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 IA, the home state for Wartburg College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Managers	2,880	$101,360
History Professors	240	$86,690
Curators	150	$45,900
Museum Technicians and Conservators	90	$45,520

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 Me under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.