If you plan on majoring in history education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #470 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for history education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in history education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of history education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The history teacher education 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 Education Schools in Utah.
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The schools below may not offer all types of history teacher education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in history education. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 history education students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in history education has to check out Utah Valley University. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #279 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UVU is a great university overall.
There were about 18 history education students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available.
Southern Utah University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in history education. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Cedar City. This university ranks 9th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 10 history education students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah University in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Weber State University if you wish to pursue a degree in history education. WSU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ogden. This university ranks 6th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 10 history education students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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 history education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
