2024 Best General History Schools in the Southeast Region
93Colleges in the Southeast Region
6,644General History Degrees Awarded
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 93 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General History Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 6,644 degrees in general history to qualified students.
The general history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General History rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The general history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General History Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for General History in the Southeast Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
13 Top Southeast Region Schools in General History
Duke University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general history. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 general history students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general history has to take a look at Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 general history students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general history. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 163 general history students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general history needs to look into Emory University. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were approximately 49 general history students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 136 general history students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were approximately 155 general history students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #111 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means William & Mary is a great school overall.
There were approximately 113 general history students who graduated with this degree at William & Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were about 226 general history students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent data year.
Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem. This university ranks 4th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 52 general history students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 56 general history students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 99 general history students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Lexington, VMI is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 11th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 34 general history students who graduated with this degree at VMI in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #107 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 general history students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General History Schools in the Southeast 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).
The general history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General History rankings. 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.
