History at Colgate University

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

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year. Of the 896 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in 2021, 43 of them were history majors.

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

Colgate History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Colgate History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Colgate performed in these rankings.

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 Colgate 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	39
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	161
Most Popular History Schools	210

History Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Colgate. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Colgate 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	28
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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 Colgate University.

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.