History at Rice University

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 Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 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.

Rice History Degrees Available

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

Rice History Rankings

The history major at Rice 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 Rice

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

Rice History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Rice are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rice History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of history master's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rice University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General History	36

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Managers	20,710	$122,130
History Professors	2,150	$82,360
Curators	680	$57,150
Museum Technicians and Conservators	500	$44,090

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.