2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for History in North Carolina

History isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #19 in popularity out of 33 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for History in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 doctor's degrees in history during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great History School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in history matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for History in North Carolina ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of history students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for history.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in North Carolina

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

Most Well Attended Schools for History Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

18 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in history. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in history in North Carolina.

There were approximately 18 history students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in history from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of North Carolina at Greensboro is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in history. UNC Greensboro is a large public university located in the city of Greensboro. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in history in North Carolina.

There were approximately 4 history individuals who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in history from University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Duke University
Durham, NC

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Duke University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in history. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in history in North Carolina.

There were about 4 history students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in history from Duke University

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North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in history has to look into North Carolina State University. NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in history in North Carolina.

There were approximately 1 history students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in history from North Carolina State University

 

Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular History Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	28
Virginia	29	24
Georgia	28	23
South Carolina	27	8
Kentucky	26	0
Tennessee	25	28
Louisiana	25	4
Mississippi	24	11
Alabama	24	9
Arkansas	23	7
West Virginia	20	5

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History Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
History	27

Majors Similar to History

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Education	348
Social Sciences	110
Psychology	81
Communication & Journalism	12
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	8
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	1

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.