2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

a doctor's degree in history is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #39 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 25 doctor's degrees in history to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great History School for Your Doctor's Degree

The history doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality history program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of history students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt history students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in history.

Top District of Columbia Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

Georgetown University
Washington, DC

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Georgetown University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in history. Located in the large city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Georgetown University

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

3 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat George Washington University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in history. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in history from George Washington University

3

American University
Washington, DC

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in history has to look into American University. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.More information about a doctorate in history from American University

Best History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	36
New York	174	65
Maryland	119	18
New Jersey	115	23
Delaware	53	2

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History Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the History area of study, History has other similar majors worth exploring.

History Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General History	25

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.