Ranked #30 in popularity, history is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of history. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 318 degrees in history annually.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best History Schools in Iowa list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in history. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 history students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the history degree program at Iowa State University make $8,076 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
University of Iowa is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in history. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were approximately 73 history students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the history program make about $33,117 for their early career.
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.
Any student who is interested in history has to take a look at Grinnell College. Grinnell is a small private not-for-profit college located in the remote town of Grinnell. This college ranks 4th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 22 history students who graduated with this degree at Grinnell in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Northern Iowa if you wish to pursue a degree in history. UNI is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Cedar Falls. This university ranks 3rd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 36 history students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, history degree recipients typically make around $27,569 in the first five years of their career.
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 school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
