2025 Best History Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

History is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #51 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best History Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 83 master's degrees in history to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’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 master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master'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 - 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for history students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study History in Connecticut

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

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in History

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

60 Annual Graduates

Yale University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in history. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a master’s in history from Yale University

2

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in history needs to take a look at Southern Connecticut State University. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in history from Southern Connecticut State University

Best History Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	152
Rhode Island	127	37
New Hampshire	108	225
Vermont	91	71
Maine	90	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	79
Public/Applied 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.