What can you do with a History Major?

The short answer is “anything!”

History graduates have been trained to think carefully and critically, to process and analyze information, to look for the underlying causes and explanations of events, and to be aware of the importance of diverse cultural backgrounds. These skills are essential to success in many areas of life, and many employers – even those hiring for jobs that have nothing to do with history – find history majors to be attractive employees.

For some idea of the breadth of opportunity for History majors, consider the following, diverse areas of professional activity:

Historians as educators

Elementary education
Secondary education
Higher education: junior colleges and universities
Historic sites and museums
Other teaching contexts

Historians as researchers

Policy advisors
Museums and Historical organizations
Cultural resources management and Historic preservation

Historians as writers and editors

Journalists
Documentary editors

Historians as information managers

Archival management
Information management
Records management
Librarian

Historians as advocates

lawyers
Public policy
Legislative staff work
Funding agencies and Foundations Historians as business people
corporate work
business/contract history

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