2024 Best American History (United States) Schools
1College in the United States
119American History Degrees Awarded
American History (United States) degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #941 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in the United States to review for the 2024 Best American History (United States) Schools ranking.
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Best Schools for American History (United States) in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the american history degrees they offer, see the list below.
Harvard University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in american history (united states). Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 1 american history (united states) students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in american history (united states) has to take a look at Ashland University. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Ashland. A Best Colleges rank of #527 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ashland is a great university overall.
There were approximately 57 american history (united states) students who graduated with this degree at Ashland in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in american history (united states) has to take a look at Keene State College. Located in the distant town of Keene, Keene State is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 5th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 1 american history (united states) students who graduated with this degree at Keene State in the most recent data year.
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in american history (united states). UW Tacoma is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma. This university ranks 49th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 6 american history (united states) students who graduated with this degree at UW Tacoma in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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