2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 229 people earned their degree in public/applied history, making the major the 828th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 62 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public/applied history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public/applied history.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History in the Southeast Region

1

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region list. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It awarded 6 doctorate’s public/applied history degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Middle Tennessee State University

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public/applied history students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at North Carolina State University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.