Art History at New York 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 New York University stacks up to those at other schools.

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Art History Degrees Available

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

NYU Art History Rankings

The art history major at NYU 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in art history, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Art History Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Art History Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of art history bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% 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 NYU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NYU Art History Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of art history master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a art history master's degree from NYU, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	32
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Fine Arts & Art Studies
• Fine Arts

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Curators	1,570	$73,850
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,490	$56,040
Archivists	1,170	$56,270

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.