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  4. BA History

BA History

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of California Santa Cruz

Program Overview

If you are curious about the world around you, interested in making an impact on it, and ready to develop flexible skills that will serve you in your life and your work, the history major provides an excellent path through your undergraduate career that will give you a strong foundation for deciding where you want to go next.

Program Key Stats

$48500 (Annual cost)



58 %

Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

Typical SAT scores: Math (550-670), Critical reading (520-640), Writing (520-640), ACT Composite (23-29), Average GPA 3.51, TOEFL: IBT- 80, PBT- 550, IELTS-6.5

Career Options

  • A degree in history provides students with important training in real world skills that can be applied in a wide variety of careers
  • Successful historians have skills that are in demand in many professions
  • The study of history develops abilities in research
  • critical thinking
  • analysis
  • clear and effective self-expression
  • and expository writing that are invaluable in the non-academic world
  • Our graduates are now working in nearly every field imaginable
  • including education
  • law
  • business
  • investment counseling
  • journalism
  • museum studies
  • public service
  • finance
  • filmmaking
  • activism
  • and writing

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