2025 Best American History (United States) Schools

American History (United States) degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #941 out of the 1506 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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best American History (United States) Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 99 degrees in american history (united states) annually.

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Best Schools for American History (United States) in the United States

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the american history degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in American History

1

Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA

Every student pursuing a degree in american history (united states) needs to check out Gettysburg College. Gettysburg is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Gettysburg.More information about a degree in american history (united states) from Gettysburg College

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Ashland University
Ashland, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 American History Degrees Awarded

10.9% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in american history (united states) needs to take a look at Ashland University. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Ashland.More information about a degree in american history (united states) from Ashland University

American History (United States) by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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American History (United States) Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the History area of study, American History (United States) has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General History	30,058
Other History	547
Public/Applied History	274
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	256
Military History	196
European History	13

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Notes and References

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.