History at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a total student population of 103,427.

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

Grand Canyon University History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Grand Canyon University does offer online courses in history for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Grand Canyon University History Rankings

The history major at Grand Canyon University 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 Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University History Bachelor’s Program

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

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Grand Canyon University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	80
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Grand Canyon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	110

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• English Language & Literature
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Curators	230	$57,280
Museum Technicians and Conservators	150	$38,950
History Professors	130	$84,060

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.