Modern U.S. History History

Ranked in 2009

A graduate degree in modern U.S. history helps students understand current events in context. Profesional historians may work in academia, consultancy firms, or government. These are the top graduate schools for modern U.S. history study.

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#1 Yale University

New Haven, CT

#2 Columbia University

New York, NY

#2 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#4 University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#5 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

#6 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#7 University of Wisconsin--Madison

Madison, WI

#8 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#8 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

#8 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

#8 University of Virginia (Corcoran)

Charlottesville, VA

#12 University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#13 University of California--Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#14 University of Texas--Austin

Austin, TX

#15 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

#16 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

#16 New York University

New York, NY

#16 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

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