History at Wesley College

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Wesley College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Wesley College is located in Dover, Delaware and approximately 917 students attend the school each year. Of the 220 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wesley College in 2021, 2 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.

Wesley College History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Wesley College History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Wesley College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Wesley College 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	761
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,057
Most Popular History Schools	1,202

History Student Demographics at Wesley College

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

Wesley College History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Wesley College, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Wesley College 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 Wesley College with a bachelor's in history.

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

Wesley College 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 DE, the home state for Wesley College.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
High School Teachers	2,650	$65,040
Managers	900	$134,410
Curators	60	$58,740
History Professors	50	$80,860
Archivists	40	$46,080

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 Toby Hudson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.