History at Roanoke College

6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Roanoke College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Roanoke is located in Salem, Virginia and approximately 1,920 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.

Roanoke History Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in History

Roanoke History Rankings

The history major at Roanoke 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 Roanoke

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

Roanoke History Bachelor’s Program

69% Women

6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Roanoke since its program graduates 26% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Roanoke 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 Roanoke College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Roanoke College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	21

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 Roanoke College.

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
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