History at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 15,239. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in history from UH Downtown.

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 Downtown History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

UH Downtown History Rankings

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

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 UH Downtown 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	198
Best Value History Schools	200
	366
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	383
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	567

History Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from UH Downtown. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 Houston - Downtown with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH Downtown 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 Houston - Downtown. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	36

Related Majors

• Education
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology

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 University of Houston - Downtown.

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 Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.