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History at University of North Carolina at Asheville

History at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 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.

UNCA History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

UNCA History Rankings

The history major at UNCA 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 UNCA

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

UNCA History Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UNCA since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at UNCA 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 University of North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 University of North Carolina at Asheville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 12

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers 25,240 $47,580
Managers 11,990 $121,500
History Professors 770 $72,800
Curators 590 $47,200
Museum Technicians and Conservators 210 $40,850

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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