History at Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Bachelor's Degree · about 41 graduates a year

$34,610
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$64,871
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$50,680
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#33 of 459
Rank by pay
#42 of 459
Rank, wage-adjusted
$24,250
Median federal debt

Syracuse University graduates in history earn 28% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 37% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Syracuse University Compares for History

All 459 colleges reporting history earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Dartmouth College Hanover, NH$136,403$125,641#1$61,127
2Duke University Durham, NC$112,377$120,596#2$60,750
3Yale University New Haven, CT$109,947$98,987#3$54,700
4Amherst College Amherst, MA$103,601$91,232#5$56,444
5Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA$100,087$91,138#6—
6Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY$98,079$93,351#4$53,828
7University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA$88,517$90,023#7$48,555
8Brown University Providence, RI$85,520$84,228#8$42,296
9Cornell University Ithaca, NY$82,031$78,077#9$44,706
10Princeton University Princeton, NJ$80,347$70,519#19$45,363
…
30Binghamton University Vestal, NY$65,984$62,803#35$24,498
31Tufts University Medford, MA$65,540$57,715#74$41,447
32California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA$65,217$59,343#59$31,059
33Syracuse University Syracuse, NY$64,871$61,744#42$34,610
34Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC$64,869$71,930#16$42,712
35University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$64,755$58,923#61$28,849
36CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY$64,570$61,457#43—

Other Majors at Syracuse University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$120,773$82,378#36 of 459
Finance and Financial Management Services$120,274$72,819#18 of 452
Accounting and Related Services$112,682$75,294#15 of 796
Computer Engineering$110,988$84,793#75 of 189
Information Science/Studies$104,842$73,033#12 of 148
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$99,521$64,660#34 of 118
Business Administration, Management and Operations$91,472$65,009#47 of 1176
Mechanical Engineering$91,438$66,789#148 of 318
Marketing$91,235$57,777#18 of 516
Real Estate$90,764$59,396#10 of 25
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$90,535$54,934#1 of 178
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$90,470$71,417#50 of 59
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$90,210$55,192#2 of 8
Public Administration$89,732$53,912#2 of 47
Civil Engineering$88,996$74,748#67 of 233
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$87,851$55,039#6 of 67
Biotechnology$87,596$44,418#3 of 13
Chemical Engineering$87,529$72,864#136 of 158
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$84,654$39,825#7 of 225
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering—$84,494—
Economics$83,649$55,974#149 of 368
Mathematics$81,941$53,223#74 of 309
Architectural Sciences and Technology$76,367$58,622#6 of 22
Political Science and Government$75,239$43,232#64 of 565
Geography and Cartography$71,543—#12 of 117
Design and Applied Arts$71,527$46,181#16 of 299
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$70,815$37,556#9 of 158
Journalism$70,404$40,757#11 of 187
Communication and Media Studies$70,106$36,767#45 of 660
Public Health$69,776$43,280#29 of 215

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Syracuse University history graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $34,610 one year after graduating and $64,871 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Syracuse University rank for history?

Among 459 colleges reporting earnings for history graduates, Syracuse University ranks #33 by median pay four years after graduation, and #42 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is history at Syracuse University worth it?

Its graduates earn 28% more than the national median for history ($50,680), and the median federal debt at graduation is $24,250.

← All data for Syracuse University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.