History at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt graduates about 53 history majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 9th of 692 schools we score for history, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 167 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 91% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $70,000 four years out, 1.38× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Vanderbilt
Where history happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Historic Old Gym, Jean & Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University Special Collections and Archives, Peabody Library, Eskind Biomedical Library.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 83 · Dorm 40 · Student housing 10 · Athletics 7 · Arts 6 · Library 4.
Nearby in the history ranking
Other strong majors at Vanderbilt
- Economics 96 · #7
- Political science & IR 95 · #9
- Art, music & theater 95 · #3
- Languages 95 · #9
- Computer science 94 · #19
- Neuroscience 94 · #8
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Vanderbilt with every school we score in history. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.