History at Loyola University New Orleans

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 Loyola University New Orleans stacks up to those at other schools.

Loyola New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 4,497. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Loyola New Orleans.

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 New Orleans History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Loyola New Orleans History Rankings

The history major at Loyola New Orleans 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 New Orleans

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

Loyola New Orleans History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% 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 New Orleans since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Loyola New Orleans 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 Loyola University New Orleans with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	15

Related Majors

• Education
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 LA, the home state for Loyola University New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
High School Teachers	13,930	$51,810
Managers	9,790	$87,080
Curators	140	$42,190
History Professors	110	$71,360
Museum Technicians and Conservators	100	$24,690

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 Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.