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History at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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History at University of South Carolina - Upstate

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

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and has a total student population of 6,038. Of the 1,139 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Carolina - Upstate in 2021, 9 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.

USC Upstate History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

USC Upstate History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how USC Upstate 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 USC Upstate 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 Schools 341
Best History Schools 400
Most Popular History Schools 750

How Much Do History Graduates from USC Upstate Make?

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC Upstate is $21,254. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,881 for all history students.

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History Student Demographics at USC Upstate

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

USC Upstate History Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 9 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USC Upstate, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at USC Upstate are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

USC Upstate 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
High School Teachers 15,310 $54,400
Managers 1,760 $100,890
History Professors 250 $75,570
Curators 110 $49,380
Archivists 90 $42,530

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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