History degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #23 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of history. Combined, these schools handed out 342 degrees in history to qualified students.
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 Oregon list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
It's hard to beat University of Oregon if you wish to pursue a degree in history. UO is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Eugene.
After graduating, history degree recipients generally make about $23,607 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in history needs to look into Portland State University. Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Portland.
After graduating, history degree recipients typically make an average of $29,076 at the beginning of their careers.
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).