Not as Young as You Think

If you think the average historian earns a Ph.D. in his or her late 20s, lands a tenure-track job by 30, gets tenure by his or her mid-30s, and becomes a full professor in his or her mid-40s, think again, PhDinHistory writes:

According to the 2005 federal Survey of Earned Doctorates, the average age at which people earned their Ph.D. in history was 35.3. The 2003 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty tells us that assistant professors had to wait an average of 3.3 years between graduation and the time they landed their current tenure-track position, which means they were, on average, 38.6 years old when they were hired as new assistant professors. We also know, from the NSOPF data, the average age of tenure-track assistant professors in history was 42, for all associate professors it was 50.1, and for all full professors it was 58.7.

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