Ranking of History Graduate Schools

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Your Ranking of History PhD Programs

Programs 1–30
RankProgramRegres Quality
1-6Columbia University in the City of New York History1-6
1-7Princeton University History1-7
1-8University of Chicago History1-8
1-8Harvard University History1-8
1-9Johns Hopkins University History1-9
2-8Stanford University History2-8
4-11University of California-Berkeley History4-11
3-15Princeton University History of Science3-15
6-14University of Michigan-Ann Arbor History6-14
7-14New York University History7-14
7-15University of California-Los Angeles History7-15
7-15Yale University History7-15
8-17University of Pennsylvania History8-17
11-17University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill History11-17
9-23Yale University Medieval Studies9-23
RankProgramRegres Quality
13-23Northwestern University History13-23
13-21Rutgers University-New Brunswick History13-21
14-26Yale University History of Medicine and Science14-26
15-25Duke University History15-25
17-29Cornell University History17-29
17-29Ohio State University-Main Campus History17-29
16-32Harvard University History of Science16-32
17-31University of Wisconsin-Madison History17-31
19-32Vanderbilt University History19-32
19-33University of Minnesota-Twin Cities History19-33
20-34University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign History20-33
20-36Brandeis University American History20-36
20-36University of California-San Diego History20-35
21-39Harvard University History and East Asian Languages21-38
23-37Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus History23-37

Item Descriptions

Rank
This program's rank based on your priorities.
NRC regression-based quality measure (Regres Quality)
The NRC's measurements of overall program quality are based on 20 key variables (19 in the humanities) such as GRE scores, student support and faculty publications. To calculate the regression-based quality measure, the relative importance, or weight, of a variable was set by the extent that it correlated with programs viewed most favorably by evaluators in each field. Learn more. Your weight = 5. Larger values are better. (Source: NRC, 2010)

Data Sources

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
IPEDS is an annual, comprehensive set of surveys of all colleges and universities in the United States. The surveys are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.   Learn more
National Research Council
The National Research Council conducts periodic assessments of doctoral programs in the United States. Our data comes from the most recent assessment in 2010.   Learn more
Survey of Earned Doctorates
The NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates is an annual survey of all new recipients of doctorates from US universities at graduation. The average of the response rates for the 2000–2004 surveys was 92%.   Learn more
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
The Survey is an annual assessment of the number and characteristics of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in science, engineering, and health-related fields It is conducted by the National Science Foundation.   Learn more
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