History at University of Houston - Victoria

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if University of Houston - Victoria is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

UH Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas and approximately 4,922 students attend the school each year.

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 Victoria History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Online Classes Are Available at UH Victoria

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UH Victoria does offer online courses in history for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UH Victoria History Rankings

The history major at UH Victoria 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 Victoria

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

UH Victoria History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UH Victoria since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 - Victoria with a bachelor's in history.

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

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 - Victoria. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	11

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• English Language & Literature

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 - Victoria.

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.