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History

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
American U. History	127	136	110	134	107	127	63	104	93	127
Arizona State U. History	14	32	11	31	33	81	5	19	29	56
Auburn U. History	88	118	80	125	96	119	99	122	92	121
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) History	26	48	20	40	66	100	8	33	46	84
Boston College History	63	94	85	122	11	57	103	124	40	72
Boston U. History	122	135	63	98	119	133	73	111	92	130
Bowling Green State U. History	58	104	83	125	1	44	42	86	109	134
Brandeis U. American History	7	21	5	17	7	64	20	64	21	42
Brandeis U. Comparative History	61	101	59	93	35	84	71	103	39	88
Brown U. History	14	30	10	27	16	80	50	93	21	41
Carnegie Mellon U. History	24	47	27	54	3	32	33	71	45	82
Case Western Reserve U. History	49	83	50	84	70	108	9	33	84	111
Catholic U. of America History	121	133	88	125	130	136	115	130	91	123
City U. of New York Graduate Center History	52	89	15	35	133	137	24	63	55	96
Claremont Graduate U. History	100	126	91	130	124	134	35	75	95	131
Clark U. History	53	98	68	113	8	97	5	23	50	101
College of William and Mary Doctorate in Early Amer. and U.S. History	72	109	87	123	31	92	80	113	38	79
Columbia U. History	10	24	12	28	72	110	29	68	1	7
Cornell U. History	27	50	51	85	5	47	10	35	18	33
Duke U. History	23	44	25	47	28	90	6	21	16	29
Emory U. History	33	60	38	71	15	58	29	66	33	55
Florida Inter- national U. History	71	106	74	120	72	116	3	5	103	135
Florida State U. History	108	127	92	128	73	107	107	123	86	115
Fordham U. History	119	135	84	124	124	136	17	52	108	132
George Washing- ton U. History	92	120	58	102	95	117	70	108	55	90
Georgetown U. History	50	82	39	74	64	104	47	93	34	63
Georgia Institute of Technology Architecture (subfield: History, Theory & Criticism)	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Georgia Institute of Technology Hist. & Sociology of Tech. & Sci.	78	120	70	116	51	125	34	69	98	131
Georgia State U. History	102	124	113	134	106	126	35	76	101	128
Harvard U. Hist. & East Asian Lang.	56	96	43	85	56	110	100	124	44	84
Harvard U. History	1	7	1	7	8	44	35	76	2	12
Harvard U. History of Science	1	5	2	11	7	46	6	21	12	21
Howard U. History	30	59	58	93	84	129	1	1	46	116
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton History	47	74	74	111	44	90	15	47	17	33
Indiana U. at Blooming- ton History & Philosophy of Science	38	72	37	71	37	97	78	110	43	83
Iowa State U. Agricultural History and Rural Studies	119	136	84	128	46	124	117	133	133	137
Iowa State U. History of Technology & Science	123	135	120	135	77	122	126	135	110	133
Johns Hopkins U. History	3	10	1	9	10	64	45	85	1	8
Johns Hopkins U. History of Science, Medicine, and Technology	29	64	24	49	11	97	28	76	35	68
Kansas State U. History	101	127	91	129	98	128	125	137	90	129
Lehigh U. History	104	132	86	129	111	137	77	115	108	133
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge History	102	123	116	134	40	97	94	118	78	107
Loyola U. Chicago History	33	64	42	78	9	60	35	88	39	76
Marquette U. History	97	126	67	122	76	107	132	137	99	126
Miami U. (Ohio) History	8	23	6	21	7	36	51	107	52	87
Michigan State U. History	57	87	99	129	31	86	5	16	37	81
Mississippi State U. History	89	121	72	121	10	77	114	128	105	134
New York U. History	7	19	11	28	25	87	3	5	8	17
North- eastern U. History	35	67	74	122	4	23	60	114	34	61
Northern Illinois U. History	64	101	88	124	8	70	48	94	82	121
North- western U. History	28	49	43	72	10	54	18	54	16	30
Ohio State U. Main Campus History	40	67	34	62	48	99	50	91	15	27
Ohio U. Main Campus History	124	135	135	136	112	130	113	126	109	134
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus History	120	135	110	134	58	110	118	131	129	137
Pennsyl- vania State U. History	22	42	39	73	5	49	55	96	22	38
Princeton U. History	1	4	1	6	2	15	52	95	2	12
Princeton U. History of Science	1	6	1	9	5	40	47	97	3	12
Purdue U. Main Campus History	42	75	77	119	5	57	77	108	41	76
Rice U. History	13	32	10	30	12	80	57	97	41	80
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick History	9	24	13	31	15	65	4	10	12	19
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Historical Studies	38	88	33	67	35	124	29	70	92	124
Southern Methodist U. History	66	103	61	105	7	40	85	110	89	124
Stanford U. History	9	21	10	24	12	52	25	59	2	10
State U. of New York at Albany History	117	132	122	135	80	114	76	114	75	114
State U. of New York at Stony Brook History	87	114	117	134	46	93	13	44	48	88
Syracuse U. Main Campus History	84	115	68	114	50	97	104	125	45	77
Temple U. History	121	134	81	123	120	131	99	120	102	130
Texas A&M U. History	82	113	63	106	23	76	123	132	78	110
Texas Christian U. History	136	137	137	137	66	99	129	135	105	133
Tufts U. History	16	34	39	78	1	2	22	81	31	62
Tulane U. History	71	112	85	126	19	101	70	107	65	99
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) History	62	96	85	122	21	81	87	115	49	98
U. of Alabama History	108	130	98	130	17	75	134	137	92	127
U. of Arizona History	25	45	42	74	14	50	7	27	21	44
U. of Arkansas Main Campus History	42	80	23	52	16	67	127	136	78	110
U. of California at Berkeley History	14	28	22	42	27	78	16	47	1	7
U. of California at Davis History	40	68	54	86	26	75	11	40	29	50
U. of California at Irvine History	41	70	30	59	88	118	17	51	39	67
U. of California at Los Angeles History	20	37	25	52	68	101	19	51	2	12
U. of California at Riverside History	62	93	49	84	97	116	9	34	61	91
U. of California at San Diego History	36	67	62	97	19	71	19	49	24	44
U. of California at Santa Barbara History	6	18	3	15	41	94	14	44	19	38
U. of California at Santa Cruz History	80	119	24	54	130	137	17	48	100	130
U. of Chicago History	4	12	1	9	75	106	63	97	2	13
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus History	76	115	29	58	134	137	51	98	106	132
U. of Colorado at Boulder History	57	95	26	54	124	135	50	105	51	92
U. of Connec- ticut History Ph.D.	82	113	58	90	76	115	40	84	60	108
U. of Delaware History	75	105	91	124	24	75	42	88	46	79
U. of Florida History	93	122	32	63	111	129	98	120	84	113
U. of Georgia History	19	43	9	26	21	74	47	87	54	91
U. of Hawaii- Manoa History	103	126	61	105	94	117	109	129	111	132
U. of Idaho History	90	125	91	129	102	135	24	89	113	134
U. of Illinois at Chicago History	99	124	88	129	107	129	33	73	46	85
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign History	29	52	35	63	22	71	13	39	22	41
U. of Iowa History	67	99	79	114	45	95	9	39	30	65
U. of Kansas History	45	79	38	71	22	76	64	102	59	90
U. of Kentucky History	26	49	19	42	42	90	41	99	39	72
U. of Maryland at College Park History	85	113	73	110	78	115	39	77	44	82
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst History	62	98	93	126	27	100	16	50	37	66
U. of Memphis History	67	104	37	74	91	118	58	98	111	133
U. of Miami History	62	96	95	127	71	114	2	2	37	90
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor History	16	32	24	47	16	69	11	40	6	16
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities History	32	56	59	97	11	55	16	53	15	29
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities History of Science and Technology	68	100	60	102	38	75	39	88	65	95
U. of Mississippi History	53	103	80	120	2	66	50	101	85	120
U. of Missouri at Columbia History	95	120	99	130	48	95	62	109	81	111
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln History	83	114	61	105	63	102	49	102	98	125
U. of New Hampshire History	36	67	33	64	3	48	66	112	75	105
U. of New Mexico Main Campus History	49	86	36	75	116	131	9	33	70	102
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill History	8	20	10	26	51	95	53	91	9	17
U. of North Texas History	121	135	128	135	10	83	117	134	124	137
U. of Notre Dame History	11	26	14	33	3	22	84	111	19	32
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus History	65	100	64	107	18	77	89	122	63	100
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus History of Science	46	87	39	80	88	124	55	108	43	90
U. of Oregon History	35	66	59	92	3	42	11	43	46	92
U. of Pennsyl- vania History	3	10	2	12	6	53	17	51	5	15
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus History	49	87	42	76	18	82	39	83	51	85
U. of Rochester History	18	38	8	22	35	80	35	79	33	74
U. of South Carolina at Columbia History	22	53	21	45	2	84	83	120	35	70
U. of Southern California History	50	88	49	87	77	114	6	20	57	90
U. of Southern Mississippi History	133	137	123	135	88	129	122	132	132	137
U. of Tennessee History	47	84	67	115	3	36	115	133	65	100
U. of Texas at Austin History	61	95	88	121	91	122	5	20	30	52
U. of Texas at Dallas History of Ideas	36	72	20	47	84	120	70	104	77	119
U. of Toledo History	98	126	109	133	81	130	96	125	76	120
U. of Utah History	105	132	65	108	104	134	104	124	101	129
U. of Virginia History	48	79	57	90	33	89	100	121	24	46
U. of Washing- ton History	21	42	20	48	46	86	48	93	33	64
U. of Wisconsin at Madison History	33	59	18	37	109	124	23	57	18	31
U. of Wisconsin at Madison History of Science	53	93	37	68	33	96	109	129	56	101
Vanderbilt U. History	31	51	56	88	7	43	32	70	21	37
Washing- ton State U. History	95	120	121	135	47	94	48	94	75	115
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis History	65	95	81	121	47	91	64	113	42	75
Wayne State U. History	88	123	40	80	110	127	92	116	106	131
Western Michigan U. History	80	125	83	124	3	94	131	136	108	135
Yale U. History	12	26	23	45	4	38	23	57	5	15
Yale U. History of Medicine & Science	11	28	12	30	6	75	42	83	20	38
Yale U. Medieval Studies	3	12	4	14	1	65	54	108	13	28
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.

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