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History at Kentucky Wesleyan College

History at Kentucky Wesleyan College

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at Kentucky Wesleyan College stacks up to those at other schools.

Wesleyan is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and approximately 887 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.

Wesleyan History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wesleyan History Rankings

The history major at Wesleyan 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 Wesleyan

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

Wesleyan History Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College with a bachelor's in history.

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Kentucky Wesleyan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 5

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers 12,250 $56,200
Managers 3,260 $92,630
History Professors 290 $65,410
Curators 150 $51,230
Museum Technicians and Conservators 80 $39,410

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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