What can you do with a History Degree?

Historians as Communicators: writers; editors; journalists; documentarians; producers of multimedia material; archivists; records managers; librarians.

Historians as Teachers: elementary schools; secondary schools; TESOL in other countries; postsecondary education; service to education (e.g., Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Alliance for Catholic Education); historic sites and museums; education administrators; military officers.

Historians as Researchers: think tanks; data and intelligence analysts; museum and historical organizations; cultural resources managers; historic preservation.

Historians as Advocates: lawyers and paralegals; litigation support; politicians and legislative staff; non-government organization leader; lobbyists; civil servants.

Historians in Business and Associations: business people; data managers; contract historians; market researchers.

Learn More: For more ideas and resources, see the American Historical Association's guide, "Careers for History Majors."

• Clear and effective writing
• Sophisticated research strategies
• Critical thinking
• Organizational techniques
• Oral communication
• Ability to synthesize diverse and complex information
• Data analysis
• Recognition of the interconnection of humanity past and present
• An understanding of the role of the past in creating the present
• The significance of memory to community belonging
• Narrative construction
• Cultural analysis
• Humility and confidence

• politics and government
• law and criminal justice
• philosophy and psychology
• business and economics
• people, societies, and religions
• art, music, and pop culture
• social justice
• the complexity of the world today

• Non-profit Organization's Strategic Communications Director
• Museum Curator
• Non-profit Organization's Development Director
• City Mayor
• Legal Assistant
• University Administrator
• High School Social Studies Teacher
• Middle School Social Studies Teacher
• University Professor of History
• Volunteer Coordinator
• U.S. Marine Corps Officer
• U.S. Army Officer
• Accounting Assistant
• University Archives Assistant Curator
• Property Management Services
• English and Foreign Language Teacher
• Public Policy Fellow
• Advertising and Marketing
• Journalist

• University of Oregon
• Indiana University
• Marquette University
• University of Washington
• Washington State University
• John F. Kennedy University
• University of Wyoming
• Oxford University
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• University of Michigan
• Georgetown
• University of Colorado-Boulder

Thinking about graduate school, but not sure where to apply? See the searchable directory at https://www.historians.org/ on the American Historical Association's website.