History at Salve Regina University

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Salve Regina University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and approximately 2,771 students attend the school each year. Of the 556 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salve Regina University in 2021, 9 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.

Salve Regina History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Salve Regina History Rankings

The history major at Salve Regina 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 Salve Regina

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

Salve Regina History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Salve Regina in 2021, 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 Salve Regina since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Salve Regina 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 Salve Regina University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Salve Regina 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 RI, the home state for Salve Regina University.

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.