How competitive is it to become a tenured history professor at a four year institution? I am a current history undergraduate student who would like to teach someday! I would really like to teach at the collegiate level but I hear that it's becoming very competitive to find a tenure track? How come?
My wife is a historian, and I can attest: it is extremely competitive.  The basic reason is that many more people are earning Ph.D.'s than are being hired to tenure track positions.