History degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #23 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best History Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 493 degrees in history to qualified students.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
The 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 History Schools in Connecticut.
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The schools below may not offer all types of history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a degree in history. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were approximately 170 history students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the history program at Yale University get $22,362 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Every student pursuing a degree in history needs to look into University of Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 74 history students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program report average early career earnings of $26,434.
Every student pursuing a degree in history needs to look into Connecticut College. Conn College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of New London. A Best Colleges rank of #255 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Conn College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 16 history students who graduated with this degree at Conn College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the history program earn about $30,404 in their early career salary.
Central Connecticut State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in history. CCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of New Britain. This university ranks 7th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 42 history students who graduated with this degree at CCSU in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from Central Connecticut State University earn $4,223 more than the average history grad.
Located in the town of Willimantic, ECSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 16th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 39 history students who graduated with this degree at ECSU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program report average early career income of $21,891.
WestConn is a small public university located in the small city of Danbury. This university ranks 22nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 22 history students who graduated with this degree at WestConn in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program report average early career wages of $27,125.
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).
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
