History: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of history graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 393 colleges. National median: $37,830, rising to $50,838 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Excelsior University	NY	$71,394	$72,188	—
2	Dartmouth College	NH	$69,917	$136,403	$12,000
3	Bentley University	MA	$68,567	—	—
4	Middlebury College	VT	$67,215	—	—
5	Yale University	CT	$61,357	$109,947	$7,500
6	Brown University	RI	$60,823	$85,520	—
7	New York University	NY	$59,101	$74,545	$21,750
8	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$58,276	$98,079	$22,250
9	Williams College	MA	$57,743	$59,535	$12,000
10	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$56,591	$72,423	$21,500
11	Vanderbilt University	TN	$56,304	$69,820	—
12	Columbia College	MO	$56,029	$46,794	$22,854
13	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$55,825	$88,517	—
14	Barnard College	NY	$55,515	$62,258	—
15	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	TX	$55,016	$50,062	$22,980
16	Southern Methodist University	TX	$54,915	$80,388	$19,500
17	Harvard University	MA	$54,630	$70,679	—
18	Amherst College	MA	$54,456	$103,601	—
19	Rider University	NJ	$53,969	$53,311	$27,000
20	Colgate University	NY	$53,765	$75,784	—
21	Boston College	MA	$53,565	$80,073	$19,000
22	Duke University	NC	$53,104	$112,377	—
23	Vassar College	NY	$51,621	$59,814	—
24	University of Chicago	IL	$50,667	$64,330	—
25	American Public University System	WV	$50,567	$59,793	$21,438
26	Fordham University	NY	$50,487	$72,389	$23,250
27	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$50,470	$57,675	$20,500
28	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$49,999	$60,089	$19,053
29	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$49,667	$57,159	$20,417
30	Mount Saint Mary College	NY	$49,452	$63,174	$26,250
31	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$49,333	$55,973	$22,000
32	Cornell University	NY	$49,183	$82,031	—
33	Kean University	NJ	$48,768	$60,236	$22,477
34	Princeton University	NJ	$48,516	$80,347	—
35	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$47,960	$49,773	$31,000
36	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$47,926	$63,779	$21,250
37	University of Wyoming	WY	$47,768	$53,868	$19,250
38	Sam Houston State University	TX	$47,548	$50,084	$21,500
39	CUNY City College	NY	$47,542	$52,809	—
40	Brandeis University	MA	$47,467	$59,426	$20,357
41	Old Dominion University	VA	$47,384	$56,715	$17,502
42	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$47,179	$56,394	$16,469
43	University of Houston	TX	$47,003	$55,475	$16,744
44	American University	DC	$46,964	$59,630	$23,250
45	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	SC	$46,853	$64,869	—
46	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$46,676	$60,034	$19,934
47	New Jersey City University	NJ	$46,671	$47,200	$21,955
48	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$46,456	$61,059	$13,470
49	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$46,456	$61,059	$13,470
50	Marquette University	WI	$46,415	$59,529	$25,888
51	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$46,413	$53,555	$16,991
52	George Washington University	DC	$46,348	$70,734	$22,000
53	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$46,303	$55,230	$19,808
54	Seton Hall University	NJ	$46,147	$59,445	$23,250
55	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$46,091	$52,550	$19,500
56	Temple University	PA	$45,984	$52,584	$21,500
57	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	TX	$45,961	$50,387	$19,700
58	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$45,749	$71,187	$15,000
59	William & Mary	VA	$45,646	$63,632	$19,500
60	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$45,534	$48,680	$21,500
61	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$45,332	$48,518	$18,500
62	Texas Tech University	TX	$45,322	$52,969	$20,000
63	Virginia Military Institute	VA	$45,298	$72,630	$19,500
64	Idaho State University	ID	$45,080	$42,814	$23,056
65	Boston University	MA	$44,977	$59,986	$15,375
66	Norwich University	VT	$44,808	$66,185	$25,500
67	Bloomfield College of Montclair State University	NJ	$44,758	$52,160	$19,500
68	Montclair State University	NJ	$44,758	$52,160	$19,500
69	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$44,713	$46,309	$24,380
70	Emory University	GA	$44,684	$69,988	—
71	University of Maryland Global Campus	MD	$44,662	$55,336	$22,263
72	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$44,638	$49,401	$19,500
73	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	WI	$44,542	$47,891	—
74	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$44,400	$54,209	$32,600
75	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$44,338	$45,795	$17,388
76	East Carolina University	NC	$44,337	$44,113	$20,179
77	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$44,289	$62,077	$16,750
78	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	$44,184	$60,616	$24,977
79	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$44,132	$43,766	$20,000
80	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$44,015	$53,186	$20,500
81	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$43,803	$64,755	$12,000
82	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$43,724	$46,718	$15,000
83	Liberty University	VA	$43,710	$46,496	$18,750
84	Texas State University	TX	$43,706	$52,329	$20,000
85	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$43,651	$57,783	$16,750
86	Saint Anselm College	NH	$43,625	—	—
87	Saint Michael's College	VT	$43,609	$47,689	—
88	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$43,577	$55,464	$15,771
89	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$43,413	$68,221	$22,250
90	Black Hills State University	SD	$43,330	—	—
91	Towson University	MD	$43,223	$56,318	$18,500
92	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$43,202	$43,949	$21,500
93	Salisbury University	MD	$43,111	$54,262	$19,988
94	University of Illinois Springfield	IL	$43,074	$45,641	$18,071
95	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$43,004	$44,850	$19,350
96	University of Southern Indiana	IN	$42,952	$52,002	—
97	Angelo State University	TX	$42,892	$47,161	$16,423
98	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$42,880	$58,343	$17,437
99	Jacksonville State University	AL	$42,682	$48,390	$24,000
100	Hampden-Sydney College	VA	$42,673	$48,625	$25,943
101	University of Northern Colorado	CO	$42,432	$52,423	$19,500
102	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$42,358	$49,313	$17,250
103	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$42,321	$56,632	$13,227
104	Georgia Gwinnett College	GA	$42,305	$48,037	$15,750
105	South Dakota State University	SD	$42,244	$46,502	$25,614
106	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$42,233	$46,814	$18,250
107	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$42,175	$56,881	$19,753
108	Rowan University	NJ	$42,153	$52,523	$15,000
109	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$42,101	$54,798	$21,743
110	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$42,101	$54,798	$21,743
111	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$42,088	$61,512	—
112	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$42,039	$48,163	$20,750
113	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$42,034	$52,655	$19,500
114	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$42,025	$54,841	$23,250
115	University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online	NH	$42,025	$54,841	$23,250
116	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$41,930	$57,639	$20,250
117	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$41,916	$51,206	$18,000
118	Tarleton State University	TX	$41,870	$50,385	$24,099
119	University of Utah	UT	$41,832	$46,896	$21,955
120	Carthage College	WI	$41,742	$52,394	—
121	Presbyterian College	SC	$41,509	$45,470	$23,250
122	Iowa State University	IA	$41,458	$52,934	$25,000
123	Illinois State University	IL	$41,453	$52,757	$16,750
124	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$41,333	$61,321	$19,000
125	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$41,315	$60,216	—
126	University of Oregon	OR	$41,282	$48,354	$18,766
127	Austin Peay State University	TN	$41,248	$40,317	—
128	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$41,246	$52,900	—
129	University of West Georgia	GA	$41,242	$52,514	$21,763
130	Bellevue University	NE	$41,131	—	—
131	Southern Utah University	UT	$41,128	$36,457	$12,750
132	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$40,993	$48,779	$25,355
133	University of North Georgia	GA	$40,985	$42,437	$18,500
134	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$40,951	$49,113	$20,373
135	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$40,846	$48,442	$21,500
136	Duquesne University	PA	$40,807	$50,090	$25,000
137	Bridgewater State University	MA	$40,740	$52,936	$24,930
138	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$40,731	$50,510	$16,375
139	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$40,636	$49,500	$17,516
140	Washington State University	WA	$40,561	$58,415	$22,000
141	Stetson University	FL	$40,557	$44,796	—
142	San Diego State University	CA	$40,549	$57,861	$13,000
143	Westfield State University	MA	$40,539	$51,439	$25,000
144	Brigham Young University	UT	$40,453	$54,457	$10,832
145	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$40,446	$52,144	$20,500
146	University of North Texas	TX	$40,336	$55,906	$18,162
147	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$40,324	$42,229	$15,250
148	University of Nebraska at Kearney	NE	$40,299	$47,590	$18,400
149	Connecticut College	CT	$40,294	$58,320	—
150	Sul Ross State University	TX	$40,245	—	—
151	Wayne State University	MI	$40,218	$50,251	$21,990
152	Colorado State University Pueblo	CO	$40,159	$50,874	—
153	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$40,118	$57,992	$25,000
154	Oregon State University	OR	$40,114	$56,790	$25,000
155	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$40,114	$56,790	$25,000
156	Auburn University	AL	$40,091	$46,133	$24,250
157	University of Rhode Island	RI	$40,082	$54,001	$18,750
158	Oakland University	MI	$39,855	$48,990	$21,500
159	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$39,834	$54,037	$25,000
160	University of North Carolina Asheville	NC	$39,833	$38,565	$21,875
161	CUNY Queens College	NY	$39,751	$52,406	$12,250
162	The University of Alabama	AL	$39,677	$50,213	$20,064
163	Rhode Island College	RI	$39,676	$46,105	—
164	Augusta University	GA	$39,648	$48,318	—
165	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$39,608	$52,310	$21,928
166	Wake Forest University	NC	$39,514	$85,916	—
167	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$39,420	$54,657	$19,500
168	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$39,420	$54,657	$19,500
169	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$39,420	$54,657	$19,500
170	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$39,354	$53,708	$19,500
171	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$39,260	$46,960	$17,000
172	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$39,258	$53,686	—
173	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$39,137	$54,071	—
174	University of Central Florida	FL	$39,123	$48,896	$16,600
175	Syracuse University	NY	$39,111	$64,871	$20,609
176	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$39,097	$56,597	$19,000
177	University of Dayton	OH	$39,054	$57,218	—
178	Keene State College	NH	$39,015	$46,428	$26,939
179	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	$38,779	$44,899	$23,250
180	Utah State University	UT	$38,719	$54,370	$17,320
181	University of Vermont	VT	$38,718	$54,694	$15,750
182	Framingham State University	MA	$38,691	$49,656	—
183	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	$38,578	—	—
184	Aurora University	IL	$38,561	$48,359	$19,034
185	Washington & Jefferson College	PA	$38,545	—	—
186	Nicholls State University	LA	$38,342	$50,107	$19,500
187	Clemson University	SC	$38,339	$50,125	$19,500
188	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$38,285	—	$27,000
189	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$38,271	$42,806	$21,218
190	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$38,229	$57,952	$11,117
191	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$38,146	$54,659	$17,875
192	Texas Woman's University	TX	$38,143	$52,836	$21,116
193	University of South Florida	FL	$38,028	$47,936	$16,250
194	University of Kentucky	KY	$37,876	$46,111	$18,738
195	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$37,866	$49,359	$20,500
196	Franciscan University of Steubenville	OH	$37,832	$37,605	—
197	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$37,830	$58,253	—
198	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$37,826	$44,068	$19,875
199	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$37,757	$41,378	$21,441
200	University of Southern Maine	ME	$37,726	$42,778	$22,500
201	Florida State University	FL	$37,716	$56,834	$12,500
202	Florida International University	FL	$37,696	$56,676	$16,750
203	Grand Valley State University	MI	$37,614	$47,218	$22,625
204	Sonoma State University	CA	$37,541	$56,819	$14,000
205	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$37,539	$50,943	$27,000
206	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$37,464	$50,620	$12,509
207	College of Charleston	SC	$37,444	$47,424	$21,875
208	University of Georgia	GA	$37,408	$50,721	$20,450
209	Binghamton University	NY	$37,341	$65,984	$15,893
210	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$37,330	$42,251	$21,762
211	Northern Illinois University	IL	$37,315	$46,086	$19,281
212	Western Illinois University	IL	$37,292	$47,084	—
213	State University of New York at Cortland	NY	$37,292	$51,043	$20,000
214	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$37,190	$52,871	$21,921
215	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	PA	$37,190	$52,871	$21,921
216	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$37,190	$52,871	$21,921
217	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	$37,190	$52,871	$21,921
218	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$37,190	$52,871	$21,921
219	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$37,082	$48,693	$23,625
220	Albion College	MI	$37,046	—	—
221	University of Florida	FL	$36,960	$54,448	$13,571
222	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	$36,943	$49,551	$17,187
223	University of Iowa	IA	$36,914	$46,819	$24,847
224	California Baptist University	CA	$36,863	$54,239	—
225	James Madison University	VA	$36,846	$55,782	$15,500
226	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	$36,842	$44,586	$19,513
227	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$36,760	$48,454	$17,958
228	University of Delaware	DE	$36,733	$55,388	$21,672
229	University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg	PA	$36,730	$53,682	$21,000
230	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$36,730	$53,682	$21,000
231	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$36,730	$53,682	$21,000
232	Baylor University	TX	$36,701	$57,006	$19,500
233	Central Washington University	WA	$36,672	$45,990	$24,914
234	University at Albany	NY	$36,616	$55,377	$16,879
235	Stockton University	NJ	$36,607	$53,745	$23,350
236	University of Arizona	AZ	$36,545	$51,737	$19,000
237	Radford University	VA	$36,544	$43,188	—
238	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$36,534	$59,819	$20,000
239	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$36,472	$50,745	—
240	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$36,403	$55,797	$15,000
241	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$36,344	$36,650	—
242	St Lawrence University	NY	$36,331	$57,349	$26,000
243	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	PA	$36,302	$48,130	$25,000
244	Valdosta State University	GA	$36,144	$47,595	—
245	Drake University	IA	$36,144	$42,256	—
246	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	$36,052	$57,820	—
247	Grinnell College	IA	$36,039	$54,703	—
248	California State University-Northridge	CA	$35,987	$45,821	$18,000
249	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$35,911	$39,477	$13,000
250	Northeastern State University	OK	$35,870	$47,608	—
251	Cleveland State University	OH	$35,853	$42,859	$24,151
252	St Olaf College	MN	$35,829	$42,538	$23,774
253	DePaul University	IL	$35,723	$48,857	$24,250
254	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA	$35,708	$48,589	$23,500
255	Murray State University	KY	$35,666	$46,739	—
256	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	$35,628	$55,472	—
257	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$35,618	$52,505	$16,772
258	Longwood University	VA	$35,548	$47,957	$23,612
259	Assumption University	MA	$35,530	$49,526	$26,000
260	Eastern Illinois University	IL	$35,442	$40,597	$21,500
261	University of Mary Washington	VA	$35,423	$54,625	$19,532
262	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$35,408	$48,109	$21,500
263	Christopher Newport University	VA	$35,389	$52,458	$19,000
264	University of Mississippi	MS	$35,372	$57,524	$19,500
265	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$35,364	$59,342	$11,833
266	Western Kentucky University	KY	$35,319	$38,836	$19,692
267	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$35,310	$40,169	$21,500
268	University of Central Oklahoma	OK	$35,299	$46,882	$19,000
269	George Mason University	VA	$35,283	$51,168	$17,313
270	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$35,281	$52,423	$13,914
271	Northwestern University	IL	$35,279	$78,966	$14,000
272	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	$35,150	$46,851	$19,500
273	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$35,149	$46,072	$19,500
274	University of Kansas	KS	$35,065	$58,936	$24,125
275	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$35,043	—	—
276	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$35,042	$60,519	$15,000
277	University of California-Davis	CA	$34,893	$57,734	$11,083
278	Wabash College	IN	$34,763	$59,221	$25,000
279	Ohio State University-Lima Campus	OH	$34,761	$49,986	$17,637
280	Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus	OH	$34,761	$49,986	$17,637
281	Ohio State University-Marion Campus	OH	$34,761	$49,986	$17,637
282	Ohio State University-Newark Campus	OH	$34,761	$49,986	$17,637
283	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$34,761	$49,986	$17,637
284	University of Connecticut	CT	$34,725	$56,937	$18,615
285	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$34,725	$56,937	$18,615
286	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$34,725	$56,937	$18,615
287	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$34,725	$56,937	$18,615
288	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$34,725	$56,937	$18,615
289	Southeastern Louisiana University	LA	$34,599	$45,161	$24,499
290	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$34,587	$63,071	—
291	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$34,514	$58,258	$20,228
292	Nazareth University	NY	$34,472	$55,271	$26,500
293	Gettysburg College	PA	$34,396	$52,904	$27,000
294	Oberlin College	OH	$34,222	$60,895	$25,250
295	Troy University	AL	$34,028	—	$24,250
296	University of Idaho	ID	$34,021	$50,628	$21,000
297	Portland State University	OR	$33,981	$54,131	$15,294
298	University of California-Merced	CA	$33,904	$44,144	$16,181
299	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$33,860	$56,845	—
300	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$33,764	$38,485	$22,000

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do history graduates earn?

The median college reports $37,830 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in history and $50,838 four years after. The highest is $71,394 at Excelsior University.

How much student debt do history graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,117 at the typical college.