History General

A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of specific periods, issues and cultures; and applications to areas such as historic preservation, public policy, and records administration.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 1353 institutions across the United States, with a total of 89558 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

104

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

2,315

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

23,367

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

112

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

3,168

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

752

degrees awarded

Other Awards

59,740

awards given

Top Schools for History General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	1,557
2	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	1,392
3	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	765
4	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	736
5	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	693
6	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	669
7	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	624
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	528
9	University of North Texas Denton, TX	492
10	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	471
11	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	462
12	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	447
13	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	438
14	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	432
15	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	432
16	University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD	429
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	417
18	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	414
19	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	405
20	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	402
21	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	402
22	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	396
23	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	393
24	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	384
25	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	378
26	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	375
27	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	372
28	Illinois State University Normal, IL	366
29	New York University New York, NY	363
30	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	363
31	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	360
32	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	357
33	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	349
34	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	348
35	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	345
36	Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX	342
37	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	339
38	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	336
39	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	333
40	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	330
41	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	327
42	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	324
43	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	321
44	Pace University New York, NY	318
45	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	318
46	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	315
47	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	315
48	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	309
49	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	309
50	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	306
51	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	306
52	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	303
53	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	303
54	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	294
55	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	291
56	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	288
57	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	288
58	Florida International University Miami, FL	285
59	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	285
60	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	285
61	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	273
62	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	267
63	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	264
64	Washington State University Pullman, WA	261
65	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	261
66	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	255
67	University at Albany Albany, NY	255
68	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	255
69	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	255
70	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	252
71	University of Houston Houston, TX	252
72	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	249
73	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	246
74	University of Georgia Athens, GA	243
75	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	243
76	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	243
77	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	240
78	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	240
79	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	237
80	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	234
81	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	231
82	Brown University Providence, RI	231
83	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	231
84	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	231
85	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	228
86	George Washington University Washington, DC	228
87	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	222
88	University of Delaware Newark, DE	222
89	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	219
90	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA	216
91	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	216
92	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	213
93	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	210
94	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	210
95	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	207
96	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	207
97	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	204
98	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	204
99	College of Charleston Charleston, SC	201
100	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	201