2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in history, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #39 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 28 doctor's degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great History School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of history for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to history students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other history students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for history to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized history related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for history students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank History Schools

The 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 History Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in Ohio

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in history.

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

14 Annual Graduates

$45,493 Median Starting Salary

Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in history. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the history program make an average of $45,493 for their early career.

More information about a doctorate in history from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

3 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in history. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

3

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

1 Annual Graduates

Kent State University at Kent is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in history. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Kent State University at Kent

3

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

3 Annual Graduates

Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in history. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Ohio University - Athens Campus

4

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, OH

1 Annual Graduates

University of Akron Main Campus is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in history. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Akron Main Campus

6

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

3 Annual Graduates

University of Toledo is a fairly large public university located in the city of Toledo.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Toledo

Best History Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	43
Michigan	149	23
Indiana	132	20
Wisconsin	108	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to History

History is one of 0 different types of History programs to choose from.

History Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General History	25
Other History	3

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.