History at Williams College

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Williams College stacks up to those at other schools.

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,987. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Williams.

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

Williams History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Williams History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Williams 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 Williams 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
Best History Schools	7
	28
	28
Most Focused History Schools	40
Best Value History Schools	195
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222

History Student Demographics at Williams

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

Williams History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Williams awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 55% of these degrees went to men with the other 45% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Williams since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Williams are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Williams College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	33

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• 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 MA, the home state for Williams College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers	26,420	$80,020
Managers	8,660	$131,450
History Professors	1,030	$97,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	580	$56,100
Curators	520	$68,240

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.