History at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois is located in Wheaton, Illinois and has a total student population of 2,908. Of the 661 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College Illinois in 2021, 20 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.

Wheaton College Illinois History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wheaton College Illinois History Rankings

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

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 Wheaton College Illinois 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	172
Most Focused History Schools	190

History Student Demographics at Wheaton College Illinois

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

Wheaton College Illinois History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Wheaton College Illinois in 2020-2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Wheaton College Illinois since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wheaton College Illinois 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 Wheaton College Illinois with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wheaton College Illinois 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 IL, the home state for Wheaton College Illinois.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers	43,720	$72,370
Museum Technicians and Conservators	940	$45,210
History Professors	780	$85,090
Curators	380	$56,420
Archivists	170	$63,200

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 Neatpete86 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.