Ranked #30 in popularity, history is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 285 degrees in history annually.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best History Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in history has to check out University of Utah. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 65 history students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the history program make around $28,277 in the first couple years of working.
Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in history. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 81 history students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. History degree recipients from Brigham Young University - Provo earn a boost of approximately $5,425 over the average income of history graduates.
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.
It's hard to beat Utah State University if you want to pursue a degree in history. USU is a very large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 6th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 37 history students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the history program state that they receive average early career income of $31,768.
Weber State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in history. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 23 history students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year.
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. We derive our Best Overall History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
