Hey guys I tried to ask my question on reddit history but they took it down perhaps you guys can help me. I'm currently a junior at Cal State San Bernardino who is a History major and Japanese minor. I'm currently stuck right now with what to do after i get my degree. I love my history since I was a kid and decided I wanted to be a history teacher since middle school but lately I've just wanted to see if there is anything else I can do with my degree. At my school there is three tracks of the history degree track A which is for people who want to be teachers, track B which is for people which is designed for students who want to go into any other field that is open to history majors, and track C that is designed for people who want to work in museums, archives, or libraries. I am in track A but can switch it. I know people go into law school, med school, teach English in Japan, go to grad school for history, go to grad school for anthropology, be a university professor, go to the FBI, be an archivist, or even work for google. Sorry guys to bug with this question it must be tedious for me to ask this but i'm kind of stuck guys my mind is just twirling with what I should do. Thank you Nathan.
The short answer: whatever the hell you want to do.
History is a generalist degree, which means that it equips you with excellent research, writing, public speaking and critical analysis skills, which can be applied in a huge range of contexts. I know history graduates who have gone on to work in diverse fields such as marketing, business development, banking, law, government work (at all levels, from international diplomacy to local government), journalism, politics, consulting and even the food industry, as well as the more traditional or expected history careers such as teaching, museums, archives, publishing, library work or grad school.
But I'm not really sure why you're asking this question - you seem in your OP to already know that these are the kinds of jobs you can do with a history degree. I mean, I could tell you to go to grad school and get your PhD, because that's what I did and I'm loving it, but what's the point of that? You need to decide what you want to do with your life and if it's being a history teacher - just go do it!
I didn't major in history but thought about it as I love history. I have two brothers that did major in it (OK, one majored, one minored when he thought geography would have more job opportunities). When I was in school history was considered almost "pre-law" degree as that was where many went.
Of course, combined with Education hours many go into teaching History.