If you pursue a degree in general history, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #23 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General History Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 393 degrees in general history to qualified students.
Your choice of general history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General History Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of general history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in general history has to check out University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 101 general history students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Gonzaga University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general history. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Spokane. A Best Colleges rank of #172 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Gonzaga is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 general history students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent data year.
Western Washington University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general history. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #215 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 general history students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Washington State University if you want to pursue a degree in general history. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the town of Pullman. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were roughly 65 general history students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.
PLU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Tacoma. This university ranks 15th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 10 general history students who graduated with this degree at PLU in the most recent year we have data available.
Puget Sound is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Tacoma. This university ranks 6th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 14 general history students who graduated with this degree at Puget Sound in the most recent year we have data available.
CWU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Ellensburg. This university ranks 7th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 31 general history students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 49th out of 51 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 5 general history students who graduated with this degree at UW Tacoma in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of general history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
