History at Russell Sage College

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

Russel Sage is located in Troy, New York and approximately 2,389 students attend the school each year. Of the 310 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Russell Sage College 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.

Russel Sage History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Russel Sage History Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Russel Sage 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	1,008

History Student Demographics at Russel Sage

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

Russel Sage History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Russel Sage in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Russel Sage since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Russell Sage College with a bachelor's in history.

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

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

Concentrations Within History

If you plan to be a history major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Russell Sage College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	4

Related Majors

• Social Sciences
• Education
• Psychology

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 Russell Sage 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.