2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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 reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of history. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 doctor's degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * 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

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 colleges for history students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank History Schools

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 Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

11 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in history. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Pennsylvania

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

11 Annual Graduates

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in history. Pitt is a very large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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
New York	174	65
Maryland	119	18
New Jersey	115	23
District of Columbia	81	25
Delaware	53	2

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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	28
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology	7
Other History	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.