History at The University of Texas at San Antonio

If you plan to study history, take a look at what The University of Texas at San Antonio has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742.

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

UTSA History Degrees Available

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

UTSA History Rankings

The history major at UTSA 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 UTSA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

UTSA History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UTSA since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 The University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UTSA History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of history master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

In the history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 61% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at San Antonio. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	95

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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 The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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 BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.