History at Barnard College

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

Barnard is located in New York, New York and approximately 2,744 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Barnard.

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

Barnard History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Barnard History Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Barnard 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 Schools	12
Best History Schools	39
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
	83
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Most Popular History Schools	183
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	335

History Student Demographics at Barnard

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

Barnard History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Barnard in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Barnard since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Barnard are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Barnard College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	33
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Barnard 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 Barnard College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	48

Related Majors

• Education
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

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 NY, the home state for Barnard College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Managers	16,600	$124,160
History Professors	2,050	$93,000
Curators	1,570	$73,850
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,490	$56,040

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.