100 Best colleges for History in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in History. A graph of 111M citations received by 3.58M academic papers made by 1,505 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of California - Berkeley

For History

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

2. Harvard University

For History

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

3. Stanford University

For History

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For History

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

5. University of Washington - Seattle

For History

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

6. Cornell University

For History

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

7. Columbia University

For History

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

8. Yale University

For History

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

9. University of California - Los Angeles

For History

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For History

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

11. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For History

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

12. University of Chicago

For History

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

13. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For History

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

14. Pennsylvania State University

For History

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

15. University of Pennsylvania

For History

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

16. New York University

For History

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

17. University of Texas at Austin

For History

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

18. Johns Hopkins University

For History

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

19. Ohio State University

For History

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

20. Princeton University

For History

#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

21. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For History

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For History

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

23. University of Florida

For History

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

24. University of California-San Diego

For History

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

25. University of California - Davis

For History

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

26. University of Maryland - College Park

For History

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

27. University of Southern California

For History

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

28. University of Arizona

For History

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

29. Michigan State University

For History

#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

30. Arizona State University - Tempe

For History

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

31. Duke University

For History

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

32. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For History

#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

33. Texas A&M University - College Station

For History

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

34. Purdue University

For History

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

35. University of Pittsburgh

For History

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

36. University of Virginia

For History

#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

37. Carnegie Mellon University

For History

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

38. Northwestern University

For History

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

39. Washington University in St Louis

For History

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

40. Emory University

For History

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

41. University of California - Irvine

For History

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

42. Georgia Institute of Technology

For History

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

43. Boston University

For History

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

44. Iowa State University

For History

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

45. University of California - Santa Barbara

For History

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

46. University of Utah

For History

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

47. University of Colorado Boulder

For History

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

48. University of Iowa

For History

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

49. University of California - San Francisco

For History

#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

50. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For History

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

51. George Washington University

For History

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

52. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For History

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

53. University of Illinois at Chicago

For History

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

54. Vanderbilt University

For History

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

55. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For History

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

56. University of Georgia

For History

#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

57. University of Missouri - Columbia

For History

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

58. Georgetown University

For History

#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,083

59. California Institute of Technology

For History

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

60. University of Kentucky

For History

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

61. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For History

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

62. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For History

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

63. Florida State University

For History

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

64. Oregon State University

For History

#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

65. Brown University

For History

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

66. University of Rochester

For History

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

67. University at Buffalo

For History

#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

68. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For History

#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

69. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For History

#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

70. University of South Florida

For History

#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
89%

71. University of Notre Dame

For History

#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

72. University of Miami

For History

#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

73. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For History

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
94%

74. Indiana University - Bloomington

For History

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

75. George Mason University

For History

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

76. University of Kansas

For History

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

77. University of California - Santa Cruz

For History

#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Receiving Aid
64%
Average Aid
$22,774
Enrollment
19,938

78. University of Connecticut

For History

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

79. Case Western Reserve University

For History

#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

80. University of Cincinnati

For History

#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

81. Washington State University

For History

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$10,886
Enrollment
25,685

82. Tufts University

For History

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

83. University of Delaware

For History

#224 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

84. Dartmouth College

For History

#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

85. Temple University

For History

#229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

86. Stony Brook University

For History

#233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

87. Brigham Young University - Provo

For History

#234 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

88. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For History

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1187
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
76%

89. University of California - Riverside

For History

#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$24,355
Enrollment
26,384

90. Syracuse University

For History

#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$48,215

91. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For History

#256 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

92. Boston College

For History

#265 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,519

93. Georgia State University

For History

#268 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1060
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

94. Auburn University

For History

#275 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
85%

95. University of New Mexico

For History

#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1030
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
100%

96. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For History

#284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

97. Rice University

For History

#292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

98. University of Central Florida

For History

#293 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
92%

99. Wayne State University

For History

#300 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

100. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For History

#307 in the World
Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
95%

The best cities to study History in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Berkeley, Cambridge, Stanford, and Ann Arbor.