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2023 Most Popular History Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

38 Colleges
$29,648 Avg Salary
$23,614 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best History Bachelor's Degree School for You

History is the #23 most popular major in the country with 32,731 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular History Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 38 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the History program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular History Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the most popular school for history students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Women make up 60% of the history majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

About 41% of the students majoring in history at the school are women while 59% are male.

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Out of the 38 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 83 students majoring in history at CU - Boulder, 64% are male and 36% are female.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular history schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 49% of the history majors at the school.

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#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 38 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 44% of the students majoring in history at the school are women while 56% are male.

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University of Northern Colorado ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the city of Greeley.

About 54% of the students majoring in history at the school are women while 46% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for history students working on their bachelor’s degree. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Of the 48 students majoring in history at USU, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Full History at Utah State University Report

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Of the 43 students majoring in history at UCCS, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for history students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in history at CU Anschutz, 64% are male and 36% are female.

Full History at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

#10

The University of Montana

Missoula, MT

The University of Montana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for history students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 33 students majoring in history at UM, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 546
Utah 344
Montana 93
Idaho 219
Wyoming 49

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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