What jobs can I get with this degree?

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Career Ideas

Upon completion of a history degree students can work as a k-12 teacher, they can pursue a master's degree in history and tech at a community college or a PhD and teach at a university. People can work in an archive, as a research assistant, for a historical association, or as an editor.

The American Historical Association website lists the following career ideas: visit www.historians.org for more information.

  • Advertising executive
  • Analyst
  • Archivist
  • Broadcaster
  • Campaign worker
  • Consultant
  • Congressional aide
  • Editor
  • Foreign service officer
  • Foundation staffer
  • Information specialist
  • Intelligence agent
  • Journalist
  • Legal assistant
  • Lobbyist
  • Personnel manager
  • Public relations staffer
  • Researcher
  • Teacher