2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 23 doctor's degrees in history to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

8 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Princeton University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in history. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton.More information about a doctorate in history from Princeton University

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in history. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in history from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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
District of Columbia	81	25
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	22
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	1

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.