History at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and has a total student population of 11,829.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.

UW History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History
• Master’s Degree in History

UW History Rankings

The history major at UW 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 UW

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

UW History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UW since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UW History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of history master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Wyoming with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	33

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
High School Teachers	1,850	$60,620
Managers	770	$100,310
Curators	100	$44,750
Museum Technicians and Conservators	60	$39,280

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.