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History at Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College is located in Albany, New York and approximately 21,974 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Excelsior College.

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

Excelsior College History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Online Classes Are Available at Excelsior College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Excelsior College offers distance education options for history at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Excelsior College History Rankings

The history major at Excelsior College 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 Excelsior College

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

Excelsior College History Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Excelsior College 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 Excelsior College with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Excelsior College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
History 24

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 Excelsior 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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