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Most Popular History Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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2023 Most Popular History Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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$54,296 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Doctor's Degree School for You

With 735 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #22 most popular major in New Jersey.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular History Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the most popular school in New Jersey for history students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 73% of the history majors at the school.

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#2

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular History Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in history at Princeton, 88% are male and 13% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular History Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a large student population.

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#3

Centenary University

Hackettstown, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Centenary University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular History Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Hackettstown, Centenary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,235
New York 2,677
Maryland 617
Delaware 68
District of Columbia 258

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Majors Similar to History

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 4 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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