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History at Hamilton College

History at Hamilton College

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

Hamilton is located in Clinton, New York and approximately 1,902 students attend the school each year.

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

Hamilton History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in History

Hamilton History Rankings

The history major at Hamilton 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 Hamilton

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

Hamilton History Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Hamilton since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Hamilton 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 Hamilton College with a bachelor's in history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Hamilton College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General History 15

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 Hamilton 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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