Survey of American College Students 2022: Interest in Courses and Degrees in History

Survey of American College Students 2022: Interest in Courses and Degrees in History

More than 14% of women but less than 11% of men showed high levels of interest but nearly half of transgender students believed it likely or highly likely that they would take a course in African or Latin American history. Gay and bisexual students were 2 to 3 times more likely than straight students to show interest.

Broken out by race or ethnicity, nearly 27% of Black students and 17% of Hispanic students showed interest vs. only 5.33% of students of Asian ancestry and 12.14% of Whites. Mixed race students were the most interested: About 28.4% showed significant interest. Once again interest was much higher from private than public college students – 19.49% vs. 11.29% - and was particularly high from students studying at BA-level and special focus institutions – 25.61% and 37.5% respectively.

This study presents detailed data measuring the interest of US college students in American history, European history, Asian history and African & Latin American history, with data sets for each specifically, as well as data on students interested in PHD programs in history. Just a few of this 95-page report's many findings are that: ? 11% of students surveyed thought it likely or highly likely that they would take courses in American history in the future.? 28.4% of mixed race students are interested in taking courses in African or Latin American history.? Students from the highest tuition colleges were much more likely than others to plan to take courses in European history.Data for 1,289 American college students is presented in the aggregate and also broken out by more than 20 institutional and personal variables including but not limited to: income of family of origin, race/ethnicity, religion, gender, regional origins, current employment status, sexual orientation, major field of study, age, year of school standing, type of college, size of college, tuition level of college, and many other variables.