Best PhD programs for American History

[thegwall822]

<p>I can’t seem to find a top list online without running into subscriber barriers… does anyone know what the top PhD programs in American history are, particularly those that offer fellowships? (I’ve got about a 3.7 at Bates as a sophomore so I’m on the cusp of eligibility)</p>

[sky]

<p>History (Ph.D.)
New! Ranked in 2005*</p>

<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0 = highest)

1. Yale University (CT) 4.9
2. Princeton University (NJ) 4.8
   University of California–Berkeley 4.8
3. Harvard University (MA) 4.7
   Stanford University (CA) 4.7
   University of Chicago 4.7
4. Columbia University (NY) 4.6
   University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.6
5. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.5
   University of California–Los Angeles 4.5

6. Cornell University (NY)     4.4
   

   University of Wisconsin–Madison 4.4

7. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill   4.3
   

   University of Pennsylvania 4.3

8. Brown University (RI)   4.1
   

   Duke University (NC) 4.1

9. Northwestern University (IL)    4.0
   

   Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) 4.0

10. Indiana University–Bloomington     3.9
    

    University of Texas–Austin 3.9
    University of Virginia 3.9

11. New York University     3.8
    

    University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.8
    University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.8

12. University of Maryland–College Park    3.7
    

13. CUNY Graduate School and University Center  3.6
    

    Ohio State University 3.6
    University of California–Davis 3.6

14. Emory University (GA)   3.5
    

    University of Washington 3.5
    Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.5

15. College of William and Mary (VA)    3.4
    

    Georgetown University (DC) 3.4
    University of California–Irvine 3.4
    University of California–San Diego 3.4
    University of California–Santa Barbara 3.4
    University of Iowa 3.4
    University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.4

16. Brandeis University (MA)    3.3
    

    Rice University (TX) 3.3
    Washington University in St. Louis 3.3

17. Claremont Graduate School (CA)  3.2
    

    Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ) 3.2
    University of Illinois–Chicago 3.2
    University of Pittsburgh 3.2

18. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)     3.1
    

    University of Arizona 3.1
    University of Florida 3.1
    University of Kansas 3.1
    University of Southern California 3.1

19. Arizona State University    3.0
    

    Boston College 3.0
    George Mason University (VA) 3.0
    Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.0
    University of Colorado–Boulder 3.0
    University of Connecticut 3.0
    University of Georgia 3.0
    University of Massachusetts–Amherst 3.0

20. Boston University   2.9
    

    George Washington University (DC) 2.9
    Michigan State University 2.9
    SUNY–Stony Brook 2.9
    University of California–Riverside 2.9
    University of California–Santa Cruz 2.9
    University of New Mexico 2.9
    University of Oregon 2.9
    University of Rochester (NY) 2.9

21. Binghamton University (NY)  2.8
    

    Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 2.8
    Teachers College, Columbia University (NY) 2.8
    Tulane University (LA) 2.8
    University of Delaware 2.8
    University of Missouri–Columbia 2.8

22. Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge     2.7
    

    Ohio University 2.7
    Temple University ¶ 2.7
    Texas A&M University–College Station 2.7
    Tufts University (MA) 2.7
    University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2.7
    University of South Carolina–Columbia 2.7

23. American University (DC)    2.6
    

    Fordham University (NY) 2.6
    Jewish Theological Seminary of America (NY) 2.6
    Syracuse University (NY) 2.6
    University at Buffalo–SUNY 2.6
    University of Kentucky 2.6

24. Iowa State University   2.5
    

    St. Louis University 2.5
    University of Miami (FL) 2.5
    University of Oklahoma 2.5
    University of Tennessee–Knoxville 2.5</p>

<p>History Specialties: Modern U.S. History
New! Ranked in 2005*</p>

<ol>
<li> Yale University (CT)</li>
<li> Columbia University (NY)
University of California–Berkeley</li>
<li> Harvard University (MA)</li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li> Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li> University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin–Madison</li>
<li> University of Chicago</li>
<li> University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill</li>
<li> University of California–Los Angeles</li>
<li> University of Michigan–Ann Arbor</li>
<li> Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)
University of Virginia</li>
<li> Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
<li> University of Minnesota–Twin Cities</li>
<li> Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li> Duke University (NC)</li>
<li> University of California–Santa Barbara
University of Illinois–Chicago</li>
<li> Brown University (RI)
New York University</li>
</ol>

<p>History Specialties: U.S. Colonial History
New! Ranked in 2005*</p>

<ol>
<li> Harvard University (MA)
Yale University (CT)</li>
<li> University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li> College of William and Mary (VA)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li> University of Virginia</li>
<li> University of Michigan–Ann Arbor</li>
<li> University of California–Berkeley</li>
<li> Cornell University (NY)
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill</li>
<li> Brown University (RI)</li>
<li> Columbia University (NY)
University of California–Los Angeles</li>
<li> Northwestern University (IL)
Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li> Ohio State University
University of Maryland–College Park</li>
<li> Duke University (NC)
New York University
Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)</li>
</ol>

[Gmann101]

<p>Where did you get this information from?</p>

[ResurgamBell]

<p>i think one could find this information on lexis-nexis</p>

[StrangeLight]

<p>those look like the US news rankings from a few years ago.</p>