If you're seeking a degree in history, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #23 one in the country 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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best History Schools in Kentucky ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 366 degrees in history to qualified students.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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 Schools in Kentucky.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the history degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat Centre College if you wish to pursue a degree in history. Centre College of Kentucky is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Danville. A Best Colleges rank of #411 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Centre College of Kentucky is a great college overall.
There were approximately 24 history students who graduated with this degree at Centre College of Kentucky in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from Centre College earn $11,295 more than the typical history grad.
Any student who is interested in history needs to check out University of Kentucky. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 50 history students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the history program earn an average of $22,606 in the first couple years of working.
Every student who is interested in history needs to look into University of Louisville. UofL is a very large public university located in the city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were about 48 history students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the history program earn around $29,058 for their early career.
Every student who is interested in history has to look into Northern Kentucky University. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 39 history students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent data year. After graduation, history degree recipients usually earn an average of $29,228 at the beginning of their careers.
WKU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bowling Green. This university ranks 7th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 49 history students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year. After graduating, history degree recipients generally earn about $25,462 at the beginning of their careers.
Murray State is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Murray. This university ranks 9th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 23 history students who graduated with this degree at Murray State 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 wages of $25,912.
Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 30 history students who graduated with this degree at Eastern 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 earnings of $21,771.
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).