Careers and Outcomes - History Graduate Program

Advancing your career through research

A graduate degree in history provides you with the research, writing and evaluation skills necessary for a variety of advanced careers in history, government and education. The graduate history program also prepares you to further your education at a doctoral level.

Graduate degree career options and paths include:

Archivist
Government historian
Intelligence specialist
Lawyer
Lecturer or professor position
Library science
Museum curator

Doctorate degree career options and paths include:

Professor in higher education
Archive and institute administration
Public history administration
Editor

Missouri State Career Center

To help you prepare and search for jobs, the Missouri State Career Center provides a database of current openings, tips for preparing your résumé and on-campus interview opportunities. The Career Center also compiles information about what you can do with a graduate degree in history. You can view their recommendations by downloading What can I do with this major?