If you're seeking a degree in history and language/literature, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #393 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.
There was only one school in the United States to review for the 2024 Best History and Language/Literature Schools ranking.
The history and language/literature 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 and Language/Literature Schools.
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Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
Best Schools for History and Language/Literature in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the history and language/literature degrees they offer, see the list below.
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).