If you pursue a degree in general history, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #23 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general history. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 339 degrees in general history during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General History Schools in Oregon 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 general history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Oregon State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general history. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 65 general history students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Oregon is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general history. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #195 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were approximately 69 general history students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Portland State University if you want to pursue a degree in general history. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 70 general history students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent data year.
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).