History at Trinity University

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

Trinity U is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 2,677 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Trinity U.

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

Trinity U History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Trinity U History Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Trinity U 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 Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308
Most Popular History Schools	387

History Student Demographics at Trinity U

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

Trinity U History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Trinity U since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Trinity U are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Trinity University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Trinity University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	24

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 Trinity University.

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 Spiritexplorer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.