History at Marymount University

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

Marymount is located in Arlington, Virginia and has a total student population of 3,294. Of the 570 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Marymount University in 2021, 9 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.

Marymount History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Marymount History Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	645
Most Focused History Schools	754

History Student Demographics at Marymount

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

Marymount History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Marymount, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Marymount since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Marymount University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Marymount University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	9

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Education
• Psychology

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 Marymount University.

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 Kevin Bowman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.