2025 Best History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
70Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
5,575History Degrees Awarded
$33,218Avg Early-Career Salary
History degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #23 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 70 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 5,575 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.
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Best Schools for History in the Middle Atlantic Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in history. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 102 history students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year. History degree recipients from University of Pennsylvania get an earnings boost of about $15,337 over the typical income of history graduates.
It is hard to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in history. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 156 history students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from New York University make $6,418 more than the standard history student.
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.
It is hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a degree in history. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 177 history students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from Columbia University in the City of New York earn $20,610 more than the standard history grad.
It's difficult to beat Georgetown University if you wish to pursue a degree in history. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 71 history students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the history major at Georgetown University make $16,658 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 history students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year. History degree recipients from Cornell University earn a boost of approximately $11,488 over the average income of history graduates.
Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bronx. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 63 history students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, history degree recipients usually make an average of $20,075 in the first five years of their career.
Pitt is a very large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 6th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 127 history students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, history degree recipients usually make an average of $29,591 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 91 history students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year. Those history students who get their degree from George Washington University make $5,709 more than the typical history grad.
Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 95 history students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the history program at University of Maryland - College Park earn $8,802 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were approximately 94 history students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program report average early career wages of $33,888.
Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were roughly 50 history students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, history degree recipients generally earn around $34,610 in the first five years of their career.
Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Villanova. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 history students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the history program at Villanova University get $3,661 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. This university ranks 4th out of 7 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 25 history students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent year we have data available.
Binghamton University is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Vestal. This university ranks 15th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 85 history students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, history degree recipients usually earn an average of $24,498 in their early careers.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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.
