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2023 Best History Master's Degree Schools in California

23 Colleges
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

With 330 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #26 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best History Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 23 schools in California to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best History Master’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best History Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best History Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best school in California for history students working on their master’s degree. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best History Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best History Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best History Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree history programs. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree history programs. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara.

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#8

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

Sonoma State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree history programs. SSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Rohnert Park.

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#9

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #9, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#10

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree history programs. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best History Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 32
Oregon 14
Nevada 10
Hawaii 3

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

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