Art History at Harvard University

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

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year.

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

Harvard Art History Degrees Available

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

Harvard Art History Rankings

The art history major at Harvard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in art history, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Art History Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard Art History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of art history bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical art history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at Harvard since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art history bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's in art history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Harvard Art History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of art history master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the art history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in art history.

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

Related Majors

Careers That Art History Grads May Go Into

A degree in art 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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Museum Technicians and Conservators	580	$56,100
Curators	520	$68,240
Archivists	230	$63,270

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.