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2023 Best History Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

History is the #25 most popular major in North Carolina with 135 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in History

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for history students working on their master’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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Out of the 8 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

Read full report on History at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for history students working on their master’s degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Full History at North Carolina State University Report

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on History at East Carolina University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on History at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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Western Carolina University ranked #8 on this year’s Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

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Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 24
Florida 90
Virginia 275
Tennessee 73
Georgia 60
South Carolina 39
Louisiana 78
West Virginia 249
Kentucky 39
Arkansas 25
Alabama 64

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 8 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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