2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in history is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #39 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 27 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 135 doctor's degrees in history to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great History School for Your Doctor's Degree

The history doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality history program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of history students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt history students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized history related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for history students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in history.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

10 Annual Graduates

Duke University is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in history. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Duke University

2

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

7 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in history has to check out Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.More information about a doctorate in history from Vanderbilt University

3

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

3 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Emory University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in history. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Emory University

4

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

8 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in history. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Virginia - Main Campus

5

William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

2 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in history from William & Mary

6

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

11 Annual Graduates

UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in history from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

7

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

3 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Florida

8

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Florida State University

9

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

4 Annual Graduates

UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in history from University of South Carolina - Columbia

10

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

2 Annual Graduates

NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a doctorate in history from North Carolina State University

Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	18
Virginia	127	19
Georgia	126	10
North Carolina	115	24
Mississippi	113	4
Louisiana	103	10
Tennessee	102	21
Alabama	98	9
South Carolina	91	4
Kentucky	87	5
Arkansas	58	7
West Virginia	49	4

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History Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the History area of study, History has other similar majors worth exploring.

History Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General History	124
Public/Applied History	8
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	3

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.