<p>Frank05150, I’m sure you have spent quite a bit of time thinking and researching possibilities re a PhD in history. At any Honors College (including Tech or TAMU) you will have extra help in applying for graduate school scholarships. For example, two of my son’s friends from the Honors College got (1) A Fulbright Scholarship to study in Mexico City and (2) A Phd in the sciences at Cornell University. But this is more of a reality check email, a PhD in the liberal arts - English, History, Political Science, etc. - has zillions more holders looking for jobs than jobs available and this won’t change in the next 10 years. Because there are so few jobs and so many candidates, start researching PhD programs in History now and see what it takes specifically to get into the most competitive program you can - the Stanfords, Harvards, UC Berkeley’s, etc. Your GRE scores will have to be stellar along with a high GPA, recommendations, possibly published work on your part, etc. Of course, it’s great to have a plan B as well which any major Texas state university can help you with. This is not to discourage you, but more a reality check to get started very early on indentifying highly competitive PhD programs in history as there are so few jobs available for the many highly qualified candidates.</p>