Bachelor's+29% vs national median1,025 grads tracked
History at CUNY Queens College
Ranked 4th of 354 bachelor's programs in History by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$40,984
middle 50%: $27,401 – $62,909
Median · 5 years out
$70,022
middle 50%: $46,884 – $89,626
Median · 10 years out
$92,054
middle 50%: $60,332 – $118,541
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for History (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
History graduates from CUNY Queens College earn a median of $41k in their first year. Salaries climb to $70k by year five and reach $92k by year ten.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.3 yrs
≈ $7,481 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Virginia
$72,642 · 5 yrs out
Providence College
$70,939 · 5 yrs out
Washington and Lee University
$70,489 · 5 yrs out
Connecticut College
$68,626 · 5 yrs out
Sacred Heart University
$68,216 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Lehman College
$68,098 · 5 yrs out
Quinnipiac University
$68,036 · 5 yrs out
Binghamton University
$66,877 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Brooklyn College
$66,732 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Hunter College
$66,368 · 5 yrs out
Empire State University
$66,311 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Austin
$66,224 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at CUNY Queens College
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Master's)
$106,654 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$101,982 · 5 yrs out
History (Master's)
$98,849 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$98,446 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$96,689 · 5 yrs out
Physics (Bachelor's)
$91,987 · 5 yrs out
English Language and Literature/Letters (Master's)
$91,851 · 5 yrs out
Psychology (Master's)
$91,355 · 5 yrs out
Social Sciences (Master's)
$86,622 · 5 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)
$86,367 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out