If you plan on majoring in history education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #470 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 73 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for history education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 850 degrees in history education annually.
Your choice of history education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for History Education in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of history teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Delaware is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in history education. UD is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UD is a great university overall.
There were about 6 history education students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Central Washington University if you wish to pursue a degree in history education. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #339 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CWU is a great university overall.
There were about 16 history education students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent data year.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
Every student who is interested in history education has to take a look at Northern Arizona University. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #221 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NAU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 32 history education students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in history education has to take a look at Western Washington University. WWU is a large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. A Best Colleges rank of #287 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 history education students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were about 10 history education students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
Central Michigan is a large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. This university ranks 6th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 11 history education students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 43 history education students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
Bridgewater State is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bridgewater. This university ranks 24th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 9 history education students who graduated with this degree at Bridgewater State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 history education students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 5 history education students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 history education students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 10 history education students who graduated with this degree at Pitt State in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best History Education Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of history education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
