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History at Brigham Young University - Provo

History at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year.

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

BYU History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

BYU History Rankings

The history major at BYU 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 BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU History Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 87
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brigham Young University - Provo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 101

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
High School Teachers 10,170 $59,070
Managers 3,310 $102,290
History Professors 250 $86,170
Historians 240 $70,310
Archivists 120 $34,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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