2024 Best History Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in history, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #24 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of history. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 197 master's degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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 schools for history students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study History in West Virginia

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

Top West Virginia Schools for a Master's in History

1

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

177 Annual Graduates

American Public University System is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in history. American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the town of Charles Town.More information about a master’s in history from American Public University System

2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

West Virginia University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in history. WVU is a very large public university located in the city of Morgantown.More information about a master’s in history from West Virginia University

Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges 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
Alabama	30	50
Louisiana	30	68
South Carolina	30	35
Arkansas	30	18

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History Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
History	197

Most Popular Majors Related to History

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Communication & Journalism	145
Social Sciences	69
English Language & Literature	32
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	31
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	26
Theology & Religious Vocations	21
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	1

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.