History at University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Bachelor's Degree · about 49 graduates a year

$39,522
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$70,423
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$50,680
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#23 of 459
Rank by pay
#12 of 459
Rank, wage-adjusted
$19,000
Median federal debt

University of Notre Dame graduates in history earn 39% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 27% of one year’s pay at that point.

How University of Notre Dame Compares for History

All 459 colleges reporting history earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Dartmouth College Hanover, NH$136,403$125,641#1$61,127
2Duke University Durham, NC$112,377$120,596#2$60,750
3Yale University New Haven, CT$109,947$98,987#3$54,700
4Amherst College Amherst, MA$103,601$91,232#5$56,444
5Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA$100,087$91,138#6—
6Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY$98,079$93,351#4$53,828
7University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA$88,517$90,023#7$48,555
8Brown University Providence, RI$85,520$84,228#8$42,296
9Cornell University Ithaca, NY$82,031$78,077#9$44,706
10Princeton University Princeton, NJ$80,347$70,519#19$45,363
…
20University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA$71,187$64,822#28$34,028
21George Washington University Washington, DC$70,734$61,981#40$38,927
22Harvard University Cambridge, MA$70,679$62,240#38$53,468
23University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN$70,423$75,551#12$39,522
24Emory University Atlanta, GA$69,988$72,452#14$33,710
25Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN$69,820$76,271#11$46,856
26University of Scranton Scranton, PA$68,443$69,607#21$26,442

Other Majors at University of Notre Dame by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Finance and Financial Management Services$160,313$99,222#3 of 452
Computer and Information Sciences$142,970$96,517#20 of 459
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$124,557$83,810#7 of 126
Mathematics and Statistics$123,663$89,689#3 of 9
Management Information Systems and Services$122,821$78,507#4 of 166
Economics$122,637$76,299#26 of 368
Accounting and Related Services$115,909$76,878#12 of 796
Chemical Engineering$113,614$83,377#8 of 158
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$112,828$85,861#24 of 258
Business/Commerce$111,444$73,170#7 of 271
Physics$110,029—#3 of 107
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$103,022$81,057#14 of 59
Biological and Physical Sciences$102,801$75,418#1 of 33
Mechanical Engineering$99,859$84,999#42 of 318
Political Science and Government$94,297$55,316#9 of 565
Mathematics$92,118$65,302#38 of 309
Marketing$91,088$63,906#19 of 516
Civil Engineering$85,781$74,499#108 of 233
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$85,619$46,030#6 of 225
Design and Applied Arts$83,414$46,825#8 of 299
Architecture$82,983$62,957#1 of 78
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$75,950$64,675#40 of 46
Area Studies$75,832$35,304#5 of 70
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics—$71,769—
Psychology$69,793—#28 of 1027
Sociology$69,704$35,915#16 of 462
International/Globalization Studies—$69,362—
Neurobiology and Neurosciences$65,458$24,615#28 of 67
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$64,880$37,531#1 of 255
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies$64,152—#6 of 103

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do University of Notre Dame history graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $39,522 one year after graduating and $70,423 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does University of Notre Dame rank for history?

Among 459 colleges reporting earnings for history graduates, University of Notre Dame ranks #23 by median pay four years after graduation, and #12 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is history at University of Notre Dame worth it?

Its graduates earn 39% more than the national median for history ($50,680), and the median federal debt at graduation is $19,000.

← All data for University of Notre Dame · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.