History at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 15,227.

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

CCNY History Degrees Available

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

CCNY History Rankings

The history major at CCNY 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.

History Student Demographics at CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at CCNY since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% 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 The City College of New York with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CCNY History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of history master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

Of the students who received a history master's degree from CCNY, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at The City College of New York. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The City College of New York. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	56

Related Majors

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

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 The City College 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 Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.