History at Wofford 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 Wofford College stacks up to those at other schools.

Wofford is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,764. In 2021, 15 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Wofford.

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

Wofford History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wofford History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Wofford 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 Wofford 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	110
Most Focused History Schools	119
Most Popular History Schools	537

History Student Demographics at Wofford

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

Wofford History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at Wofford awarded 15 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Wofford since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wofford 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 Wofford College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Wofford College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	15

Related Majors

• 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 SC, the home state for Wofford College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Managers	1,760	$100,890
History Professors	250	$75,570
Curators	110	$49,380
Archivists	90	$42,530

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 PegasusRacer28 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.