African-American History

Ranked in 2013, part of History

Courses in African-American history include major events including the Civil War and the civil rights movement, as well as examining topics such as slavery, race, and gender. These are the top graduate schools for African-American history.

Rank School name
#1 Yale University

New Haven, CT

#2 Duke University

Durham, NC

#3 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#4 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#5 Columbia University

New York, NY

#6 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

#6 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

#8 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

#8 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–​New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

#8 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#11 New York University

New York, NY

#12 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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