2024 Best History Master's Degree Schools in New York

If you plan on getting your master's degree in history, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #51 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 16 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 391 master's degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great History School for Your Master's Degree

The history master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master'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 - The number of history students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 much debt history students go into to obtain their master'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 schools for history students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank History Schools

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

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study History in New York

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

10 Top New York Schools for a Master's in History

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

53 Annual Graduates

$43,321 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in history needs to check out Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.

After graduating, history master's recipients typically make an average of $43,321 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in history from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

New York University
New York, NY

50 Annual Graduates

New York University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in history. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a master’s in history from New York University

3

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

8 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in history. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in history from Cornell University

4

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

2 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Syracuse University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in history. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in history from Syracuse University

5

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

15 Annual Graduates

University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo.More information about a master’s in history from University at Buffalo

6

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

5 Annual Graduates

SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook.More information about a master’s in history from Stony Brook University

7

University at Albany
Albany, NY

14 Annual Graduates

UAlbany is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Albany.More information about a master’s in history from University at Albany

8

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

6 Annual Graduates

Binghamton University is a large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.More information about a master’s in history from Binghamton University

9

The City College of New York
New York, NY

9 Annual Graduates

CCNY is a large public college located in the city of New York.More information about a master’s in history from The City College of New York

10

Queens College
Queens, NY

16 Annual Graduates

QC is a large public college located in the city of Queens.More information about a master’s in history from Queens College

Best History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	96
Maryland	193	37
New Jersey	188	65
District of Columbia	154	48
Delaware	109	8

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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	373
Other History	11
Public/Applied History	7

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.