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We offer a ranking of the best universities for studying history in the USA. When choosing a university for foreign students, it is important to choose a specialization and an approximate direction of employment. For example, Princeton or the University of California may not be suitable for your purposes, and universities with lower rankings and tuition fees will offer the necessary specializations.
Contents of history courses offered by top US universities:
- African American and Jewish Experiences in America
- Ancient Greece
- Civil war and reconstruction
- East Asian civilization
- Modern England
- Modern Latin America
- Pre-colonial Africa
- Revival and Reformation
- Social history of early modern Europe
- Constitutional history of the United States
- Economic history of the United States.
History students in the United States have nearly limitless career opportunities. Career options:
- Archivist
- Curator
- Teacher
- Historian
- Librarian.
When choosing a university, pay attention to the following factors:
- To what extent the university is geared towards students of history in comparison with other specialties.
- How many other history students are choosing this high school.
- Does the institution have regional accreditation and / or confirmation from an official accreditation body.
In 2020, approximately 32,625 history degrees were awarded to students in the United States.
Best history universities in USA 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | Harvard University |
| 2 | Yale University |
| 3 | Stanford University |
| 4 | Columbia University |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 6 | Princeton University |
| 7 | University of Chicago |
| 8 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 11 | New York University (NYU) |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 13 | Cornell University |
| 14 | University of Texas at Austin |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 16 | Brown University |
| 17 | Duke University |
| 18 | Emory University |
| 19 | Georgetown University |
| 20 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 21 | Northwestern University |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 25 | University of Washington |
| 26 | Boston University |
| 27 | George Washington University |
| 28 | Indiana University Bloomington |
| 29 | University of California, Davis |
| 30 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| 31 | University of Minnesota (System) |
| 32 | University of Notre Dame |
| 33 | University of Virginia |
| 34 | Vanderbilt University |
| 35 | Boston College |
| 36 | Dartmouth College |
| 37 | Michigan State University |
| 38 | The Ohio State University |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 40 | University of Southern California |
| 41 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 42 | Florida International University |
| 43 | Rutgers University–New Brunswick |
| 44 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
| 45 | University of Maryland, College Park |
