History at University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz graduates about 104 history majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 101st of 692 schools we score for history, a strong program at 77 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 228 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $61,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $7 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.