Historians Career

Vocational Programs for Historians Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
3K	$36.60	$76,120

The role of Historians is to research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters The average annual wage of the occupations is $76,120 and $37 per hour. 17 vocational programs could be taken for the Historians career. Based on BLS data, a total of 3,040 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Historians Career

The following 17 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Historians.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Historians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Architectural History and Criticism	2	-	-	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	11	-	-	-	-
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	6	-	-	-	-
Medieval and Renaissance Studies	8	-	-	-	-
Ancient Studies/Civilization	2	-	-	-	-
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology	3	-	-	-	-
Maritime Studies	1	-	-	-	-
History and Political Science	1	-	-	-	-
Medical/Health Humanities	3	-	-	-	-
History	23	-	-	-	-
American History (United States)	2	-	-	-	-
European History	3	-	-	-	-
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	3	-	-	-	-
Public/Applied History	13	-	-	-	-
Asian History	1	-	-	-	-
Military History	2	-	-	-	-
History (other)	3	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Historians

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Architectural History and Criticism

Historic Preservation and Conservation

Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Ancient Studies/Civilization

Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology

Maritime Studies

History and Political Science

Medical/Health Humanities

History

American History (United States)

European History

History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Public/Applied History

Asian History

Military History

History (other)

Schools offering voational programs for Historians

The following 65 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Historians. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.