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History at Williams College

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

Williams is located in Williamstown, Massachusetts and approximately 1,987 students attend the school each year. Of the 678 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in 2021, 33 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.

Williams History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Williams History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Williams 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 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
28
Most Focused History Schools 40
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools 189
Best Value History Schools 195
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools 222
Most Popular History Schools 291

How Much Do History Graduates from Williams Make?

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Williams is $40,036. This is 39% higher than $28,881, which is the national average for all history bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

45% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Williams. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men. 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.

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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.

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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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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