by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in public/applied history, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of public/applied history, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 3 | 3,557 |
| Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis | 3 | 59 |
| Digital Humanities and Textual Studies, General | 3 | — |
| Digital Humanities | 3 | 126 |
| History and Language/Literature | 3 | 317 |
| History and Political Science | 3 | 69 |
| Museology/Museum Studies | 3 | 838 |
| Textual Studies | 3 | — |
| Ancient Studies/Civilization | 2 | 157 |
| Archives/Archival Administration | 2 | 256 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| History, General | 28,959 |
| History, Other | 540 |
| Military History | 266 |
| American History (United States) | 242 |
| History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | 230 |
| European History | 12 |
As a more focused area within History, public/applied history connects to the wider programs in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.