History at Southern Wesleyan University

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

SWU is located in Central, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,345. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in history from SWU.

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

SWU History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

SWU History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at SWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at SWU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	533
Most Focused History Schools	623
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	915
Most Popular History Schools	1,045

History Student Demographics at SWU

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

SWU 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 SWU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at SWU 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 Southern Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SWU 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 SC, the home state for Southern Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers	15,310	$54,400
Managers	1,760	$100,890
History Professors	250	$75,570
Curators	110	$49,380
Archivists	90	$42,530

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 Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.