History at Utah Valley University

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Utah Valley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UVU is located in Orem, Utah and approximately 40,936 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.

UVU History Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in History
• Bachelor’s Degree in History

UVU History Rankings

The history major at UVU 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 UVU

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

UVU History Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of history associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in history at UVU are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. UVU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in history graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

UVU History Bachelor’s Program

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 UVU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at UVU 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 Utah Valley University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Utah Valley University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	30

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• English Language & Literature
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 UT, the home state for Utah Valley University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
High School Teachers	10,170	$59,070
Managers	3,310	$102,290
History Professors	250	$86,170
Historians	240	$70,310
Archivists	120	$34,400

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 uvuphotos under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.