An online history degree can help qualify you for a long list of entry-level positions in a variety of settings, including:

• genealogy organizations
• educational institutions
• libraries and cybraries
• publishing houses
• magazines, newspapers and other media outfits
• historic preservation groups
• political party organizations
• staff support for public officials
• lobbyist groups
• galleries, museums, historic parks and sites
• Intelligence Services
• Foreign Service
• cultural-heritage organizations

Apart from its potential employability benefits, the study of history is one of the most important components of a well-rounded education. Through studying history, you will develop your skills in self-study, research, and critical thinking to acquire and then communicate knowledge of past events, institutions, conditions, and customs, which have influenced today's world. Few other subject areas will so effectively help you to discover who we are as a people, and how we got here.