2024 Best General History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
76Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
5,392General History Degrees Awarded
Ranked #23 in popularity, general history is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 76 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 5,392 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. For our Best Overall General History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
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Best Schools for General History in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general history degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
11 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in General History
Every student pursuing a degree in general history needs to look into University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 49 general history students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Princeton University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general history. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 74 general history students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent data year.
Georgetown University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general history. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 64 general history students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in general history needs to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 208 general history students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 130 general history students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 78 general history students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were about 57 general history students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 81 general history students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 114 general history students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Barnard is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #77 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Barnard is a great college overall.
There were about 48 general history students who graduated with this degree at Barnard in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #98 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 118 general history students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
Here are some additional great schools for General History students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Best General History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.
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. For our Best Overall General History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
