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. Of the 763 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2021, 12 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.

UNCA History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

UNCA History Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	270
Most Focused History Schools	362
	371
Most Popular History Schools	632

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from UNCA. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. 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 24% more women than average.

About 83% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.