History at Arkansas Tech University

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Arkansas Tech University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,829.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.

ATU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History
• Master’s Degree in History

ATU History Rankings

The history major at ATU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

History Student Demographics at ATU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Arkansas Tech University.

ATU History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at ATU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ATU History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of history master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a history master's degree from ATU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Arkansas Tech University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Arkansas Tech University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	33

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• English Language & Literature

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Managers	3,360	$86,410
History Professors	220	$82,070
Curators	80	$50,920
Archivists	60	$59,480

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.