2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

History is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #39 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 doctor's degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good 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 Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 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 North Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in North Carolina

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for history students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

10 Annual Graduates

Duke University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in history. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in history from Duke University

2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

11 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in history. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in history from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

2 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat North Carolina State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in history. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a doctorate in history from North Carolina State University

Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	18
Virginia	127	19
Georgia	126	10
Mississippi	113	4
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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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
Public/Applied History	2

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.