History

Ranked in 2013 | History Rankings Methodology

Earning a graduate degree in history involves analysis, research, and presentations. In some cases, students must also complete a thesis and master a second language before graduation. These are the top graduate schools for history.

Rank School name Score
#64 George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

2.9
#60 George Washington University

Washington, DC

3.0
#30 Georgetown University

Washington, DC

3.6
#116 Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

2.2
#60 Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley, CA

3.0
#4 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

4.7
#92 Howard University

Washington, DC

2.5
#23 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

3.9
#110 Iowa State University

Ames, IA

2.3
#84 Jewish Theological Seminary of America

New York, NY

2.6
#11 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

4.4
#110 Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

2.3
#118 Kent State University

Kent, OH

2.1
#118 Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

2.1
#84 Louisiana State University–​Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

2.6
#104 Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

2.4
#110 Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

2.3
#27 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

3.7
#92 Miami University

Oxford, OH

2.5
#56 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

3.1
Rank Not Published Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

N/A
Rank Not Published Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

N/A
Rank Not Published Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

N/A
#18 New York University

New York, NY

4.1
#104 Northeastern University

Boston, MA

2.4

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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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