History at Siena College

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Siena College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Siena is located in Loudonville, New York and has a total student population of 3,425. Of the 778 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Siena College in 2021, 26 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.

Siena History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Siena History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Siena 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 Siena 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	129
Most Focused History Schools	143
Best History Schools	178
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
	242
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	288
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329

History Student Demographics at Siena

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

Siena History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Siena in 2021, 62% were men and 38% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Siena 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 Siena College with a bachelor's in history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Siena College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	26

Related Majors

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

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 Siena 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 UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.