History at Ithaca College

If you are interested in studying history, you may want to check out the program at Ithaca College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ithaca is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 5,354 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,366 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College in 2021, 9 of them were history majors.

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

Ithaca History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Ithaca History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Ithaca performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Ithaca 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	882

History Student Demographics at Ithaca

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

Ithaca History Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in history from Ithaca. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Ithaca since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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 Ithaca 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mr Senseless under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.