History at Columbia University in the City of New York

What traits are you looking for in a history school? To help you decide if Columbia University in the City of New York is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's history program.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135.

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

Columbia History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History
• Master’s Degree in History

Columbia History Rankings

The history major at Columbia 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.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

History Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Columbia since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	75
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Columbia History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of history master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Columbia University in the City of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	218

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics

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 Columbia University in the City of New York.

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.