What Can I Do With a History Degree?

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A photograph of the UChicago Hyde Park campus in the fall

University of Chicago History alumni pursue a wide array of careers after graduation. For history majors who graduated between 2020 and 2023,

  • 63% went into employment. Top industries and companies include:
    • Financial Services & General Business: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Kraft Heinz
    • Education: Teach For America, Fulbright, University of Chicago College Admissions
    • Consulting: The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company
    • Law: Paralegal opportunities at various law firms
    • Arts, Journalism, and Marketing: ABC News, Walt Disney Company, Chicago Tribune
    • Government, Public Policy & Administration: United Nations, US Department of State, US Congress
    • Nonprofit & Social Services: Partners for Justice, Heartland Alliance, Planned Parenthood 
    • Science & Technology: Epic Systems, Baidu 
  • 37% pursued graduate programs, professional schools, and post-bacc programs.
    • Law or medical schools, including New York University School of Law, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Brown University Medical School, University of Chicago Law School
    • Master’s programs in fields such as social sciences, public policy, philosophy at institutions including UChicago, Oxford, Cambridge
    • PhDs in fields such as history, environmental studies, physics at institutions including Princeton, Stanford, Yale
    • Post-bacc programs at Columbia, Savannah College of Art and Design

Thank you to the University of Chicago's Office of Career Advancement team for compiling this data.