History at Lyon College

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Lyon College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lyon is located in Batesville, Arkansas and approximately 665 students attend the school each year. Of the 185 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lyon College in 2021, 6 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.

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: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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

The history program at Lyon awarded 6 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going 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.

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.