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General History at Colgate University

General History at Colgate University

Every general history school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general history program at Colgate University stacks up to those at other schools.

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and has a total student population of 3,054.

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

Colgate General History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in General History

Colgate General History Rankings

The general history major at Colgate is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

General History Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate General History Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 49% of general history bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women. The typical general history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general history at Colgate 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in general history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 31
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That General History Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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
Historians 400 $32,640

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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