You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in history. It is ranked #23 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of history. Combined, these schools handed out 278 degrees in history to qualified students.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
The history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best History Schools in District of Columbia.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the history degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Georgetown University if you want to pursue a degree in history. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 71 history students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available. History degree recipients from Georgetown University receive an earnings boost of about $16,658 over the typical earnings of history majors.
Every student who is interested in history has to look into George Washington University. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 91 history students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the history major at George Washington University earn $5,709 more than the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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's hard to beat American University if you wish to pursue a degree in history. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 61 history students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the history major at American University earn $13,958 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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. For our Best Overall History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
