If you pursue a degree in history, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #30 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best History Schools in New Hampshire ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 616 degrees in history annually.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in New Hampshire list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the history degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in history needs to look into Dartmouth College. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #12 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Dartmouth is a great college overall.
There were approximately 40 history students who graduated with this degree at Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the history program at Dartmouth College earn $27,909 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student who is interested in history needs to look into University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. Located in the fringe town of Durham, UNH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNH is a great university overall.
There were about 47 history students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program state that they receive average early career income of $28,663.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
Keene State College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in history. Keene State is a small public college located in the town of Keene. This college ranks 8th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 21 history students who graduated with this degree at Keene State in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in history has to look into Southern New Hampshire University. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester. This university ranks 3rd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were roughly 450 history students who graduated with this degree at SNHU in the most recent data year. History degree recipients from Southern New Hampshire University earn a boost of around $10,122 over the average income of history majors.
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).
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
