History at Ouachita Baptist University

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

Ouachita Baptist is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and approximately 1,704 students attend the school each year. Of the 446 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 2021, 5 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.

Ouachita Baptist History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Ouachita Baptist History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Ouachita Baptist 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 Ouachita Baptist 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	490
Most Focused History Schools	568
Most Popular History Schools	958

History Student Demographics at Ouachita Baptist

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

Ouachita Baptist History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 history majors earned their bachelor's degree from Ouachita Baptist. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Ouachita Baptist since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Ouachita Baptist 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 Ouachita Baptist University 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	0

Ouachita Baptist 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 Ouachita Baptist University.

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 Brandonrush under License

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