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
#5 Columbia University

New York, NY

#2 Duke University

Durham, NC

#4 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#11 New York University

New York, NY

#8 Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

#6 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

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

New Brunswick, NJ

#8 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#12 University of Maryland–​College Park

College Park, MD

#3 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#6 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

#1 Yale University

New Haven, CT

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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