History at Lyon 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 Lyon College stacks up to those at other schools.

Lyon is located in Batesville, Arkansas and approximately 665 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Lyon.

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

Lyon History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Lyon History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Lyon 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 Lyon 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	95
Most Focused History Schools	103
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	786
Most Popular History Schools	906

History Student Demographics at Lyon

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

Lyon History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Lyon since its program graduates 40% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Lyon 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 Lyon College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	6

Related Majors

• Education
• 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 AR, the home state for Lyon College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
High School Teachers	11,480	$51,780
Managers	3,360	$86,410
History Professors	220	$82,070
Curators	80	$50,920
Archivists	60	$59,480

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 misterhaha under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.