2023 Best History Schools in North Carolina
Finding the Best History 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best History Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best History Schools in North Carolina
The following schools top our list of the Best History Colleges.
Top 10 Best History Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for history students. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
On average, history graduates from Duke take out $12,250 in student loans while working on their degree.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best History Schools in North Carolina list. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.
On average, history graduates from Wake Forest University take out $25,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Out of the 12 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
The average amount in student loans that history majors at UNC Chapel Hill take out is $15,400. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $353.
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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
The average amount in student loans that history majors at NC State take out is $21,500.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best History Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.
While working on their degree, history majors at ECU accumulate an average of around $26,300 in student debt.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best History Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.
The average amount in student loans that history majors at UNC Charlotte take out is $25,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $289, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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University of North Carolina at Wilmington came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best History Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the midsize city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.
While working on their degree, history majors at UNCW accumulate an average of around $25,269 in student debt.
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With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best schools for history students. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.
History majors at UNC Greensboro take out an average of $23,457 in student loans while working on their egree.
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University of North Carolina at Pembroke did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for history students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Pembroke, UNC Pembroke is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
While working on their degree, history majors at UNC Pembroke accumulate an average of around $26,486 in student debt.
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University of North Carolina at Asheville came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best History Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNCA is a small public school located in the small city of Asheville.
After completing their degree, history graduates from UNCA carry an average student debtload of $22,375.
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| 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 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 12 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.