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History Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 34 schools that offer history programs. Washington and Lee University, the highest-ranking history school in VA, has a total student population of 2,153 and is the 47th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 34 history schools in Virginia, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Hampden-Sydney College comes out as the most expensive ($26,295/yr), with Radford University as the lowest recorded at only $8,996/yr.

History students from Virginia schools who go on to become historians, art history teachers, professor of histories, art history professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 21,810 people working as history teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,280. Also, Museum technicians and conservators make on average $41,330 per year and there are about 10,170 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are 310 employed museum technicians and conservators earning an average yearly salary of $37,990. History teachers in this state earn $58,580/yr and there are 860 employed.

Also, within the history schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from history, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

History Programs in Virginia

Washington and Lee University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

James Madison University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Richmond

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Mary Washington

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Commonwealth University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Hollins University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Eastern Mennonite University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hampden-Sydney College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Roanoke College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Sweet Briar College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Randolph-Macon College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lynchburg College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Emory and Henry College

• History Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Shenandoah University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Marymount University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The University of Virginia's College at Wise

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Wesleyan College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mary Baldwin College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia State University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Southern Virginia University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

George Mason University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Old Dominion University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Intermont College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Radford University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Christopher Newport University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Longwood University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Averett University

• History Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Theatre Literature, History and Criticism
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Randolph College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Liberty University

• History Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Bluefield College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Norfolk State University

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Ferrum College

• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Union University

• History Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• History, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
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