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History at West Virginia Wesleyan College

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

West Virginia Wesleyan is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia and approximately 1,066 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 history majors received their bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan.

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

West Virginia Wesleyan History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

West Virginia Wesleyan History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at West Virginia Wesleyan 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 West Virginia Wesleyan 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 262
Most Focused History Schools 298
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools 832

History Student Demographics at West Virginia Wesleyan

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

West Virginia Wesleyan History Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in history from West Virginia Wesleyan. About 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at West Virginia Wesleyan since its program graduates 37% more women than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 5

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
High School Teachers 3,790 $47,050
Managers 1,880 $77,290
History Professors 270 $47,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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