History at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University stacks up to those at other schools.

Sacred Heart is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and approximately 9,313 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,407 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sacred Heart University in 2021, 6 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.

Sacred Heart History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Sacred Heart History Rankings

The history major at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart

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

Sacred Heart History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 history majors earned their bachelor's degree from Sacred Heart. Of these graduates, 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 Sacred Heart since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Sacred Heart 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 Sacred Heart University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 Sacred Heart University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	6

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

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 CT, the home state for Sacred Heart University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
High School Teachers	15,410	$76,980
Managers	6,590	$129,730
History Professors	320	$83,870
Museum Technicians and Conservators	290	$55,340
Curators	230	$67,430

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 Unknownwikidata:Q4233718 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.