Gettysburg College History (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in History
- Private nonprofit college
- Gettysburg, PA
- About 33 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Gettysburg College history graduates earn about what history graduates earn nationally, $28,497 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, more than at 77% of history programs in the country. Several Pennsylvania programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all history bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Gettysburg College graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the Pennsylvania median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania history program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 82% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 12.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 19 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $47,678.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Gettysburg area are about 5% below the national average, so a $28,497 salary here buys what about $29,878 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to history, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$78,800Median pay in Pennsylvania. 52,240 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Natural Sciences Managers
$137,900Median pay in Pennsylvania. 7,980 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 9,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Tour and Travel Guides
$32,910Median pay in Pennsylvania. 1,970 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 11,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Museum Technicians and Conservators
$47,150Median pay in Pennsylvania. 310 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Gettysburg College
History ranks 13th of 14 bachelor's programs at Gettysburg College by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Science ($74,642), Economics ($62,925), and Business Administration ($51,673).
Other history bachelor's programs near Gettysburg
Common questions
The median graduate earns $28,497 one year after graduating and $51,857 five years after. The median across history bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania is $29,451.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 7th lowest of 17 history bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 95% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 73%. Compare the cost with other Pennsylvania programs before deciding.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the history program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024