History at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Every history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the history program at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs stacks up to those at other schools.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received their master's degree in history.

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

UCCS History Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in History

UCCS History Rankings

History Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS History Master’s Program

The history program at UCCS awarded 13 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women.

Of the students who received a history master's degree from UCCS, 69% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
High School Teachers	16,950	$55,110
Managers	8,940	$138,490
History Professors	360	$70,690
Museum Technicians and Conservators	280	$42,580
Curators	220	$62,090

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.