History at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 7,072 students attend the school each year.

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

RIC History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History
• Master’s Degree in History

RIC History Rankings

The history major at RIC 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.

History Student Demographics at RIC

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

RIC History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at RIC since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at RIC 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

RIC History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of history master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a history master's degree from RIC, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island College with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Rhode Island College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Rhode Island College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	22

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Philosophy & Religious Studies

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers	4,410	$71,440
Managers	830	$114,660
History Professors	200	$109,240
Archivists	80	$59,520
Curators	60	$63,030

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.