History at Saint Peter’s University

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 Saint Peter's University stacks up to those at other schools.

Saint Peter's College is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 3,197 students attend the school each year. Of the 550 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Peter's University in 2021, 4 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.

Saint Peter’s College History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Saint Peter’s College History Rankings

The history major at Saint Peter's College 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 Saint Peter's College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at Saint Peter’s University.

Saint Peter’s College History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in History from Saint Peter's College in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Saint Peter's College since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

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

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Saint Peter's University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Saint Peter's University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	4

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Education

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 NJ, the home state for Saint Peter's University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Managers	18,370	$138,820
History Professors	750	$91,270
Curators	120	$75,750
Historians	80	$76,320

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.