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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for general history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 243 degrees in general history to qualified students.
The general history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General History rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The general history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General History Schools in Arkansas.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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.
Any student who is interested in general history needs to take a look at University of Arkansas. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 80 general history students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Arkansas at Little Rock if you want to pursue a degree in general history. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock. This university ranks 9th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 18 general history students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Central Arkansas if you wish to pursue a degree in general history. UCA is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Conway. A Best Colleges rank of #1059 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCA is a great university overall.
There were about 27 general history students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general history needs to look into University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. UAFS is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Fort Smith. This university ranks 13th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 11 general history students who graduated with this degree at UAFS 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).