History at Vanderbilt University

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Vanderbilt University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 13,537. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received their master's degree in history.

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

Vanderbilt History Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in History
• Doctorate Degree in History

Vanderbilt History Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

History Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt History Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in history from Vanderbilt in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master's in history.

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vanderbilt University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	11

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
High School Teachers	20,190	$53,620
Managers	14,480	$83,010
History Professors	500	$73,040
Curators	170	$49,920
Museum Technicians and Conservators	130	$43,940

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.