History at Union College Kentucky

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

Union College is located in Barbourville, Kentucky and approximately 1,179 students attend the school each year. Of the 206 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Union College Kentucky in 2021, 2 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.

Union College History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Union College History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Union College performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Union College 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	1,057

History Student Demographics at Union College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Union College Kentucky.

Union College History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Union College in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Union College 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 Union College Kentucky with a bachelor's in history.

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

Union College 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 KY, the home state for Union College Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
High School Teachers	12,250	$56,200
Managers	3,260	$92,630
History Professors	290	$65,410
Curators	150	$51,230
Museum Technicians and Conservators	80	$39,410

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 deror_avi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.