History at University of Richmond

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

URichmond is located in University of Richmond, Virginia and approximately 4,056 students attend the school each year. Of the 984 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Richmond in 2021, 14 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.

URichmond History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

URichmond History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at URichmond 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 URichmond 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 Focused History Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Popular History Schools	537

History Student Demographics at URichmond

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

URichmond History Bachelor’s Program

The history program at URichmond awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 64% of these degrees went to men with the other 36% going to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at URichmond 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 Richmond with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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 VA, the home state for University of Richmond.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Managers	17,280	$134,500
History Professors	1,030	$72,120
Museum Technicians and Conservators	440	$45,100
Curators	300	$63,140

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 Andrij Bulba under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.