HISTORY Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?

Featured Careers

Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

All Careers in HISTORY (14)

Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site ManagersBachelor's degreeRising136,550
Compliance ManagersBachelor's degree, Master's degreeRising136,550
Loss Prevention ManagersBachelor's degree, High school diploma/GEDRising136,550
Managers, All Other- n/a- n/a136,550
Regulatory Affairs ManagersBachelor's degree, Master's degreeRising136,550
Wind Energy Development ManagersBachelor's degree, Associate's degreeRising136,550
Wind Energy Operations ManagersAssociate's degree, Bachelor's degreeRising136,550
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral degree, Master's degreeStable84,290
History Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral degree, Master's degreeDeclining81,500
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryDoctoral degree, Master's degreeDeclining77,010
Historians- n/aRising74,050
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationBachelor's degree, Master's degreeDeclining64,580
Interpreters and TranslatorsBachelor's degree, Master's degreeDeclining59,440
Tour Guides and EscortsAssociate's degree, Bachelor's degreeRising

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Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of diverse cultures and political and social structures, and how these vary across time and place.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of what historians do and the types of questions they pose.
  3. Demonstrate awareness and appreciation of the diverse interpretations of the past and the complexity of the links between past and present.
  4. Develop skills for critical thinking, reading, and writing and be able to evaluate historical evidence.
  5. Use knowledge to participate in the affairs of the world, drawing upon their understanding of the past