General History is a concentration offered under the history major at Virginia Commonwealth University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in general history, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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The online Master of Arts in History degree program can deepen your understanding of how history is made.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at VCU paid an average of $1,448 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $707 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $12,703 | $26,041 |
Fees | $2,497 | $3,187 |
VCU does not offer an online option for its general history master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the VCU Online Learning page.
About 33.3% of the students who received their MA in general history in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 47.1%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in general history at VCU in 2019-2020, 16.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 18%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 5 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
*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.