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2023 Most Popular History Schools in New York

27 Colleges
$29,273 Avg Salary
$21,805 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best History School for You

With 477 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #47 most popular major in New York.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular History Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in New York to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the History program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular History Colleges.

Our analysis found Pace University - New York to be the most popular school for history students who want to pursue a degree in New York. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular History Schools in New York list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent programs at New York University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in New York. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in New York. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular History Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

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#6

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular history programs. Located in the city of Albany, UAlbany is a public college with a large student population.

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#7

Queens College

Queens, NY

Queens College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular history programs. Located in the city of Queens, QC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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St John’s University - New York came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular History Schools in New York ranking. STJ is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Queens.

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#9

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Binghamton University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular History Schools in New York ranking. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.

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#10

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular History Schools in New York ranking. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 132
Maryland 55
New Jersey 88
District of Columbia 73
Delaware 10

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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