2021 Best Modern U.S. History Programs

 

A graduate degree in modern U.S. history helps students put current events in context. Professional historians may work in academia, consulting firms or government. These are the top graduate schools for modern U.S. history.

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Yale University New Haven, CT #1 in Modern U.S. History

Princeton University Princeton, NJ #2 in Modern U.S. History

Columbia University New York, NY #3 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

Harvard University Cambridge, MA #3 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA #5 in Modern U.S. History

University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA #6 in Modern U.S. History

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ #7 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI #7 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC #7 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

Brown University Providence, RI #10 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

Northwestern University Evanston, IL #10 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

University of Chicago Chicago, IL #10 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

New York University New York, NY #13 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

Stanford University Stanford, CA #13 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI #13 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

Duke University Durham, NC #16 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD #16 in Modern U.S. History (tie)

University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX #16 in Modern U.S. History (tie)