2024 Best History Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in history. It is ranked #24 out of 37 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best History Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 18 master's degrees in history to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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 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 Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.

 

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

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

Top Arkansas Schools for a Master's in History

1

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

University of Arkansas is a great option for students interested in a master's degree in history. UARK is a very large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville.More information about a master’s in history from University of Arkansas

2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in history has to take a look at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in history from University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	34	19
Florida	34	71
Virginia	33	234
Georgia	32	49
Tennessee	32	49
North Carolina	31	108
Kentucky	31	32
West Virginia	30	197
Alabama	30	50
Louisiana	30	68
South Carolina	30	35

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History Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
History	18

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Journalism	108
English Language & Literature	61
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	58
Social Sciences	43
Theology & Religious Vocations	26
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	24
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	10
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	10
Philosophy & Religious Studies	3

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.