History at Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, TX · Bachelor's Degree · about 24 graduates a year

$31,652
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$48,680
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$50,680
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#280 of 459
Rank by pay
#266 of 459
Rank, wage-adjusted
$25,000
Median federal debt

Stephen F Austin State University graduates in history earn 4% less than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 51% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Stephen F Austin State University 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
…
277DePaul University Chicago, IL$48,857$48,002#310$36,889
278East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA$48,779$49,609#263$27,711
279University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI$48,693$50,667#236$40,807
280Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX$48,680$49,493#266$31,652
281Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-sydney, VA$48,625$44,278#394$42,949
282Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA$48,589$49,415#271$34,682
283University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL$48,565$55,125#111$28,121

Other Majors at Stephen F Austin State University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$84,107$74,683#560 of 966
Engineering Physics$80,086$52,715#9 of 10
Computer and Information Sciences$75,271$49,445#350 of 459
Accounting and Related Services$69,635$49,406#493 of 796
Finance and Financial Management Services$65,535$52,710#395 of 452
Business Administration, Management and Operations$62,185$41,585#708 of 1176
Business/Commerce$61,686$40,868#186 of 271
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$61,476$34,509#76 of 215
Mathematics$59,075$52,774#259 of 309
Interior Architecture$59,047$38,538#12 of 17
Criminal Justice and Corrections$58,606$40,308#183 of 660
Marketing$57,974$46,014#415 of 516
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services$57,742$26,168#23 of 50
Dance$57,593$33,340#2 of 58
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management$56,437$43,282#2 of 37
Forestry$55,786$39,953#23 of 31
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$55,250$38,249#244 of 610
Animal Sciences$54,984$31,059#8 of 78
Biology$54,199$29,372#553 of 841
Natural Resources Conservation and Research$54,077$37,637#148 of 265
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences$52,716$31,491#111 of 156
Music$52,341$47,318#43 of 268
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services$51,494$38,375#43 of 90
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$51,393$33,767#58 of 85
Social Work$50,754$36,628#231 of 420
Communication and Media Studies$50,302$33,906#440 of 660
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies$50,052$46,871#154 of 207
Political Science and Government$49,980$33,386#521 of 565
Hospitality Administration/Management$49,776$30,758#107 of 137
English Language and Literature$46,849$35,502#352 of 576

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Stephen F Austin State University history graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $31,652 one year after graduating and $48,680 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Stephen F Austin State University rank for history?

Among 459 colleges reporting earnings for history graduates, Stephen F Austin State University ranks #280 by median pay four years after graduation, and #266 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is history at Stephen F Austin State University worth it?

Its graduates earn 4% less than the national median for history ($50,680), and the median federal debt at graduation is $25,000.

← All data for Stephen F Austin State University · 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.