History at University of Hawaii at Hilo

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

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 history majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Hilo.

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

UH Hilo History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

UH Hilo History Rankings

The history major at UH Hilo 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 UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from UH Hilo. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Hilo since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 University of Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Hawaii at Hilo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	5

Related Majors

• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• 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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
High School Teachers	4,310	$60,810
Managers	2,000	$93,760
History Professors	120	$69,440
Museum Technicians and Conservators	80	$39,270
Curators	40	$58,550

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.