History
If you love History, here are some of the most suitable careers for you. These careers use their knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures in their job.
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Tour Guides
escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
$32200
No degree required
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Set and Exhibit Designers
design special exhibits and sets for film, video, television, and theater productions. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.
$64610
Bachelor’s degree
High job satisfaction
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Museum Technicians and Conservators
restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
$49990
Master’s degree
High job satisfaction
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Curators
administer collections, such as artwork, collectibles, historic items, or scientific specimens of museums or other institutions. May conduct instructional, research, or public service activities of institution.
$61650
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
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Archivists
appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents. Participate in research activities based on archival materials.
$61210
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Philosophy and Religion Professors
teach courses in philosophy, religion, and theology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$90160
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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English Literature Professors
teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$81340
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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History Professors
teach courses in human history and historiography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$85630
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Foreign Language Professors
teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$80410
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Communications Professors
teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$80940
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Art, Drama and Music Professors
teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$84780
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Political Science Professors
teach courses in political science, international affairs, and international relations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$100970
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Sociology Professors
teach courses in sociology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$85180
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Geography Professors
teach courses in geography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$87160
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Cultural Studies Professors
teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area, an ethnic group, or any other group, such as Latin American studies, women’s studies, or urban affairs. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$88790
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Anthropology and Archeology Professors
teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
$98740
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Clergy
conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination. Provide spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members.
$56560
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
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Political Scientists
study the origin, development, and operation of political systems. May study topics, such as public opinion, political decisionmaking, and ideology. May analyze the structure and operation of governments, as well as various political entities. May conduct public opinion surveys, analyze election results, or analyze public documents.
$124100
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
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Historians
research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.
$68400
Master’s degree
High job satisfaction
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Anthropologists
research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans; their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development; and their behavior, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created.
$69960
Master’s degree
Strong job growth
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Geographers
study the nature and use of areas of the Earth’s surface, relating and interpreting interactions of physical and cultural phenomena. Conduct research on physical aspects of a region, including land forms, climates, soils, plants, and animals, and conduct research on the spatial implications of human activities within a given area, including social characteristics, economic activities, and political organization, as well as researching interdependence between regions at scales ranging from local to global.
$85620
Bachelor’s degree
Strong job growth
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Archeologists
conduct research to reconstruct record of past human life and culture from human remains, artifacts, architectural features, and structures recovered through excavation, underwater recovery, or other means of discovery.
$69960
Doctoral degree
Strong job growth
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Park Naturalists
plan, develop, and conduct programs to inform public of historical, natural, and scientific features of national, state, or local park.
$69020
Bachelor’s degree