2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of history. Combined, these schools handed out 4 doctor's degrees in history to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

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

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

2 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State University is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in history. Mississippi State is a very large public university located in the town of Mississippi State.More information about a doctorate in history from Mississippi State University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

1 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Southern Mississippi if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in history. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Southern Mississippi

Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	18
Virginia	127	19
Georgia	126	10
North Carolina	115	24
Louisiana	103	10
Tennessee	102	21
Alabama	98	9
South Carolina	91	4
Kentucky	87	5
Arkansas	58	7
West Virginia	49	4

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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	4

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.