History at University of Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 2,692 students attend the school each year. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Lynchburg in 2021, 8 of them were history majors.

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

Lynchburg History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Lynchburg History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Lynchburg compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Lynchburg 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	665

History Student Demographics at Lynchburg

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

Lynchburg History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Lynchburg in 2020-2021, 88% were men and 13% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Lynchburg also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	8

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• 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 University of Lynchburg.

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 Imaginegod614 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.