Bachelor's History Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's History Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only History programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 397 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$61,1275%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 2Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$60,7506%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 3University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas$57,23991%1060$16k$59k52%6,0785 mi 4Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$56,4449%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 5Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$54,7004%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 6Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$53,8284%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 7Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$53,4684%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 8Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$50,1618%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 9Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada$50,14987%—$14k$53k34%3,762234 mi 10Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$49,87613%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 11University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$48,5555%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 12Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey$48,48289%1223$31k$68k72%3,6841 mi 13Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$48,0929%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 14University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts$46,90884%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 15Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$46,8566%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 16University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$46,6164%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 17The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona$46,581——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 18Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey$46,39379%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 19Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts$46,18487%1150$14k$54k55%2,75241 mi 20Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$45,3635%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 21The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$44,80680%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 22Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$44,7069%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 23CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York$43,87457%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 24American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$43,80962%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 25Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona$43,59679%1077$22k$42k43%73,371165 mi 26Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, Virginia$42,94941%1207$22k$68k62%94666 mi 27Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont$42,94074%1190$22k$66k60%2,42898 mi 28Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$42,89957%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 29Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado$42,78599%1019$15k$52k32%15,002745 mi 30Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina$42,71223%1208$21k$72k75%2,705< 1 mi 31Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia$42,54371%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 32University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$42,45193%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi 33College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts$42,34518%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 34University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota$42,29789%1251$19k$63k65%7,336< 1 mi 35Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$42,2965%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 36University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$42,02045%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 37Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$41,92351%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 38Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$41,87481%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 39Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$41,44711%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 40Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$41,34116%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 41Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa$41,29489%1204$19k$63k75%25,367299 mi 42New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, New Jersey$40,91998%—$16k$53k34%3,6811 mi 43University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin$40,80786%1050$14k$55k59%9,40545 mi 44University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana$40,69296%1141$13k$48k48%5,292254 mi 45Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$40,46588%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 46Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$40,19511%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 47Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$40,16282%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 48Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri$40,054——$23k$45k42%4,950317 mi 49Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa$39,68715%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 50New York UniversityNew York, New York$39,6369%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 51University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$39,60477%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 52Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama$39,59196%1088$17k$42k50%9,80591 mi 53University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$39,52211%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 54University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska$39,34089%1118$16k$50k58%4,088544 mi 55Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$39,28390%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 56Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona$39,28367%——$63k0%53,782169 mi 57University of HoustonHouston, Texas$39,24074%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 58Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota$39,18688%1150$19k$57k54%11,703201 mi 59Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, Indiana$39,13863%1180$24k$70k77%866111 mi 60Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois$39,10275%—$14k$52k22%3,9823 mi 61George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$38,92747%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 62Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$38,68773%1190$19k$62k69%32,394456 mi 63Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$38,64368%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 64Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan$38,62872%1052$11k$52k48%5,98912 mi 65University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado$38,62775%1116$12k$64k46%10,519750 mi 66Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$38,46119%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 67University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado$38,27697%1133$16k$55k47%8,697708 mi 68University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia$38,22668%1106$10k$50k37%16,146227 mi 69San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$38,20336%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 70Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts$38,02888%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 71Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$37,74189%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 72Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$37,734100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 73Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York$37,67775%1216$29k$56k73%1,87311 mi 74The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas$37,45065%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 75Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia$37,40490%1120$19k$52k61%3,01562 mi 76University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$37,24690%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 77University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$37,04478%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 78California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$37,03193%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 79Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin$36,90781%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 80DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois$36,88976%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 81University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$36,87610%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 82University of Southern MainePortland, Maine$36,87679%1116$14k$50k40%4,2221 mi 83University of DenverDenver, Colorado$36,77478%1355$36k$71k76%6,025742 mi 84Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia$36,73390%1197$15k$55k46%17,5141 mi 85SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York$36,62570%1230$19k$60k69%4,64395 mi 86Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina$36,61381%1057$15k$42k50%3,397137 mi 87University of North TexasDenton, Texas$36,56872%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 88Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland$36,54775%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 89Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$36,42649%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 90University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska$36,40187%1120$13k$54k47%11,488425 mi 91Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado$36,27289%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 92Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan$36,25788%1120$9k$59k58%12,35126 mi 93Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina$36,19938%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 94Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington$36,12691%—$14k$58k43%6,222217 mi 95University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$35,95945%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 96University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin$35,94792%1150$15k$52k51%7,30675 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.