History at Wilmington College

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

Wilmington College is located in Wilmington, Ohio and has a total student population of 1,165. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Wilmington College.

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

Wilmington College History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wilmington College History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Wilmington College 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 Wilmington College 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	163
Most Focused History Schools	180
Most Popular History Schools	790

History Student Demographics at Wilmington College

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

Wilmington College History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Wilmington College in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Wilmington College since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wilmington College 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 Wilmington College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Wilmington College 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 OH, the home state for Wilmington College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
High School Teachers	52,240	$61,930
Managers	14,410	$107,320
History Professors	880	$88,310
Curators	380	$57,220
Museum Technicians and Conservators	370	$41,940

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 Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.