2025 Best History Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in history, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #24 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of history. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 69 master's degrees in history during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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 master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to history students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of history students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt history students go into to obtain their master'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for history students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank History Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best History Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study History in New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Master's in History

1

Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - Newark is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in history. Rutgers Newark is a large public university located in the city of Newark.More information about a master’s in history from Rutgers University - Newark

2

Rutgers University - Camden
Camden, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in history has to take a look at Rutgers University - Camden. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in history from Rutgers University - Camden

Best History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	35	391
Pennsylvania	34	96
Maryland	32	37
District of Columbia	32	48
Delaware	24	8

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History Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
History	69

Most Popular Majors Related to History

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Philosophy & Religious Studies	657
Social Sciences	264
Theology & Religious Vocations	237
English Language & Literature	168
Communication & Journalism	113
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	73
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	29
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	19
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	13

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius. More about our data sources and methodologies.