2024 Best General History Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general history, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #40 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for general history students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 doctor's degrees in general history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General History School for Your Doctor's Degree

The general history doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general history students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general history related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general history students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General History Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General History Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General History in District of Columbia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general history students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Doctorate in General History

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general history has to look into Georgetown University. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general history from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

George Washington University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in general history. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in general history from George Washington University

3

American University
Washington, DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

American University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general history. The American University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in general history from American University

Best General History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	65
Pennsylvania	311	28
Maryland	190	17
New Jersey	165	22
Delaware	63	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to General History

One of 8 majors within the History area of study, General History has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.