History at Manhattan College

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

Manhattan is located in Riverdale, New York and has a total student population of 3,965. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Manhattan.

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

Manhattan History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Manhattan History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Manhattan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Manhattan 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 Schools	1,126

History Student Demographics at Manhattan

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

Manhattan History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Manhattan in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Manhattan since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Manhattan 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 Manhattan College with a bachelor's in history.

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

Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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 Trollness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.