Currently I'm in college and want to get a degree in history. But what can I do with it? I know I can be come a teacher with it, but from what i understand they make to much money. I know you do the job you love but at the same time you want to make sure your bill are being payed on time. I love history and have a huge buff in it. But I wanted to know what career options there are, and if you in that career what would the day to day life be like?
Check out this helpful resource from the University of Georgia's History Department. There is plenty of work available for students with degrees in history, the catch being that not all of the work is directly related to hard history. It's more about the skills you acquire through the study of history, and how these skills are broadly applicable.
It might be helpful to know where you are and where you plan on living after your degree. I imagine the work situation for history degree holders is going to vary dramatically between, say Iceland and Iowa, or even Arizona and Arkansas.
I have a degree in history, and I ended up teaching (not history oddly enough). Although I actually quite liked what I was doing, I didn't much care for the terms on which I was doing it. I'd probably still be teaching if I lived in a state that wasn't so terribly regressive about education.