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2023 Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$18,896 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,296 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Doctor'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in History

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Berkeley are $14,160 a year.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $13,608 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $13,036 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $13,564 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara.

UCSB graduate students pay an average of $13,581 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Irvine are $13,356 a year.

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University of California - Riverside did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCR are $13,467 per year.

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University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree history programs. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Santa Cruz are $13,895 per year.

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University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value History Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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 9 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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