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Most Popular History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best History Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Arlington to be the most popular school for history students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Women make up 86% of the history majors at the school.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Women make up 25% of the history majors at the school.

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#3

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Tulsa is a great place for history students working on their graduate certificate. University of Tulsa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.

Of the 3 students majoring in history at University of Tulsa, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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#5

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the # 5 spot on the list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

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#7

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for history students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate history programs. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best History Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 640
Texas 2,312
New Mexico 115
Oklahoma 242

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 8 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.

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