History at Longwood University

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

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and approximately 4,841 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Longwood.

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

Longwood History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Longwood History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Longwood performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Longwood 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	139
Most Focused History Schools	154
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Most Popular History Schools	365

History Student Demographics at Longwood

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

Longwood History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Longwood. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Longwood since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Longwood 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 Longwood University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Longwood 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 Longwood University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Longwood University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	26

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 Longwood University.

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 Webster Geneva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.