2024 Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

History is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #19 out of the 36 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 doctor's degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

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 - How many other history students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 easy is it for history to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 schools for history students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank History Schools

The history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best History Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study History in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in History

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in history needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Pennsylvania

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in history needs to check out University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in history from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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
New York	30	65
Maryland	29	18
New Jersey	28	23
District of Columbia	24	25
Delaware	21	2

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History Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
History	36

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	159
English Language & Literature	96
Theology & Religious Vocations	82
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	49
Communication & Journalism	40
Philosophy & Religious Studies	36
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	13
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius. More about our data sources and methodologies.