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 Arizona 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 124 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best History Education Schools in Arizona 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 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.
Northern Arizona University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in history education. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 24 history education students who graduated with this degree at NAU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Grand Canyon University if you want to pursue a degree in history education. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Grand Canyon University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 97 history education students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in history education needs to take a look at Ottawa University - Phoenix. Located in the city of Phoenix, Ottawa University - Phoenix is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 26th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 3 history education students who graduated with this degree at Ottawa University - Phoenix 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.
