Humanities at New York University

What traits are you looking for in a humanities school? To help you decide if New York University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's humanities program.

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 Humanities section at the bottom of this page.

NYU Humanities Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities
• Master’s Degree in Humanities

NYU Humanities Rankings

Humanities Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Humanities Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of humanities master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	24
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Liberal Arts

Careers That Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in humanities 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
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.