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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

With 1,063 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #25 most popular major in North Carolina.

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, Course Advisor has created its Best History Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. 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 fairly 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 very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in North Carolina. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great place for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 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.

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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 fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #7 on this year’s Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

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Western Carolina University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree history programs. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

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Best History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 679
Virginia 1,500
Florida 887
Tennessee 555
Kentucky 366
South Carolina 423
Louisiana 426
Arkansas 246
Alabama 505
Mississippi 232
West Virginia 539

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).

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