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Most Popular History Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular History Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, history was ranked #23 in the country. In fact 32,731 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Most Popular History Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 44 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found California State University - Fullerton to be the most popular school for history students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 25 students majoring in history at Cal State Fullerton, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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Out of the 44 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 29% of the history majors at the school.

Full History at California State University - Los Angeles Report

Out of the 44 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Sacramento landed the # 3 spot on the list. Sac State is a very large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

Women make up 33% of the history majors at the school.

Full History at California State University - Sacramento Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at California State University - Northridge helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular history schools in the Far Western US Region . CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

Women make up 19% of the history majors at the school.

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#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 44 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

Of the 16 students majoring in history at SDSU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for history students working on their master’s degree. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Cruz.

About 58% of the students majoring in history at the school are women while 42% are male.

Full History at University of California - Santa Cruz Report

With a ranking of #7, California State University - East Bay did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for history students working on their master’s degree. Cal State East Bay is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Hayward.

Women make up 27% of the history majors at the school.

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#7

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

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

About 27% of the students majoring in history at the school are women while 73% are male.

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Eastern Washington University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular History Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cheney.

Women make up 27% of the history majors at the school.

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#10

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

San Jose State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular History Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 10% of the history majors at the school.

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Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 5,392
Washington 475
Oregon 342
Hawaii 68
Nevada 109
Alaska 41

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 26 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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