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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public/Applied History is the 828th most popular major in the country with 229 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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 “Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public/applied history. To top this list, a school must have a successful public/applied history program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree public/applied history students.

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

1

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s public/applied history degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about 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 Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 2 doctorate’s public/applied history degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full NC State Public/Applied History Report

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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.