History at Loyola Marymount University

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Loyola Marymount University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 9,686 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.

Loyola Marymount History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Loyola Marymount History Rankings

The history major at Loyola Marymount 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 Loyola Marymount

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

Loyola Marymount History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Loyola Marymount since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Loyola Marymount are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Loyola Marymount University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	25

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Theology & Religious Vocations

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 CA, the home state for Loyola Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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 Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.