Also called: Historian (academic)
Teaches history and researches the past using archives, letters, and artifacts.
History professors teach lectures and seminars, travel to archives to read old documents, and write books. The academic job market in humanities is very tight.
BLS history teachers, postsecondary.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 11 years after high school. Bachelor's, then a PhD (usually 5-7 years), often a postdoc, then a competitive faculty job search; tenure takes about 6 more years.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: History.
Growing slowly. Humanities tenure-track jobs are shrinking.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI summarizes sources and grades essays, and humanities hiring is already shrinking; archival research and teaching stay human.
Classes: AP US History, AP World History, AP English Language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-1125.
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