History Education at Brigham Young University - Provo

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

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and has a total student population of 36,461. In 2021, 9 history teacher education majors received their bachelor's degree from BYU.

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

BYU History Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History Teacher Education

BYU History Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history teacher education major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History Education. 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 Popular History Education Schools	22
	34
	35
Most Focused History Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113

History Teacher Education Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history teacher education majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU History Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 history teacher education majors earned their bachelor's degree from BYU. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women. The typical history teacher education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 45% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history teacher education at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in history teacher education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BYU also has a doctoral program available in history teacher education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Health Education
• Latin Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Science Education

Careers That History Teacher Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in history teacher education 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 Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
High School Teachers	10,170	$59,070
Middle School Teachers	6,540	$61,880
Education Professors	850	$92,070
History Professors	250	$86,170

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 Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.