Santa Clara University

College of Arts and Sciences

Department ofHistory

Common Career Paths

A history degree helps you pursue a huge variety of career paths.

Career Fields of history majors, including 18% in education, 15% in management, 11% in legal, 10% in sales, and 10% in administration

Common career paths?

Teacher/Professor
Education administration
Historian
Lawyer
Reporter or Journalist
Communications
Researcher
Business management
Information management
Public service work
Policy analyst
Archivist
Librarian
Museum curator

Image from What Can You Do With a History Degree? For a more detailed analysis of this data, see History Is Not a Useless Major: Fighting Myths with Data.