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Largest history programs in the United States
U.S. history programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty University | Lynchburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 567 |
| 2 | Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 542 |
| 3 | Brigham Young University-Idaho | Rexburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 526 |
| 4 | American Public University System | Charles Town | For-profit, 4-year | 381 |
| 5 | Arizona State University | Scottsdale | Public, 4-year | 278 |
| 6 | Harvard University | Cambridge | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 224 |
| 7 | University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | 212 |
| 8 | Gettysburg College | Gettysburg | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 211 |
| 9 | Yale University | New Haven | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 198 |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 183 |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison | Public, 4-year | 176 |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | Public, 4-year | 167 |
| 13 | Grand Canyon University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 167 |
| 14 | California State University-Fullerton | Fullerton | Public, 4-year | 158 |
| 15 | California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | Public, 4-year | 153 |
| 16 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | Charlottesville | Public, 4-year | 149 |
| 17 | University of North Texas | Denton | Public, 4-year | 146 |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | Public, 4-year | 140 |
| 19 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley | Public, 4-year | 135 |
| 20 | University of Maryland Global Campus | Adelphi | Public, 4-year | 130 |
| 21 | University of Central Florida | Orlando | Public, 4-year | 129 |
| 22 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Public, 4-year | 124 |
| 23 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Public, 4-year | 123 |
| 24 | University of Washington | Seattle | Public, 4-year | 122 |
| 25 | University of South Florida | Tampa | Public, 4-year | 122 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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