General History is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #23 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for general history students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 156 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. We derive our Best Overall General History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Schools in Idaho list to help you make the college decision.
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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 general history degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Idaho is a good option for students interested in a degree in general history. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #489 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U of I is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 general history students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Boise State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general history. Boise State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boise. A Best Colleges rank of #526 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Boise State is a great university overall.
There were about 41 general history students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent year we have data available.
Brigham Young University - Idaho is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general history. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Rexburg. This university ranks 3rd out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 30 general history students who graduated with this degree at BYU - I in the most recent year we have data available.
Idaho State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general history. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 21 general history students who graduated with this degree at ISU 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).