History at Bridgewater College

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

Bridgewater is located in Bridgewater, Virginia and approximately 1,597 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Bridgewater.

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

Bridgewater History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Bridgewater History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Bridgewater compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Bridgewater 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused History Schools	127
Best History Schools	216
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	341
Best Value History Schools	348
Most Popular History Schools	670

History Student Demographics at Bridgewater

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Bridgewater College.

Bridgewater History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bridgewater, about 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Bridgewater since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bridgewater also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within History

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	11

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 VA, the home state for Bridgewater College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Managers	17,280	$134,500
History Professors	1,030	$72,120
Museum Technicians and Conservators	440	$45,100
Curators	300	$63,140

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 Alma mater under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.