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-baccalaureate programs:

  • Law or medical schools, including New York University School of Law, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Brown University Medical School, and University of Chicago Law School
  • Master’s programs in fields such as social sciences, public policy, and philosophy at institutions including UChicago, Oxford, and Cambridge
  • PhDs in fields such as history, environmental studies, physics, and chemistry at institutions including Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and California Institute of Technology
  • Post-bacc programs at Columbia, and Savannah College of Art and Design

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