<p>I’m a Singaporean student considering to apply for history at preferably a small or medium college. What are some colleges that have good departments in this subject?</p>
<p>Take a look at this study: <a href=“Perspectives on History | AHA”>http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2005/0509/0509new1.cfm</a></p>
<p>The colleges with the highest proportion of undergraduate history majors who go on to get PhDs in history (data from 1989-2002) are:</p>
<p>Wesleyan
U of Chicago
Pomona
Bryn Mawr
Swarthmore
Wellesley
Reed
Johns Hopkins
Oberlin</p>
<p>Any of these would be a good place to start (Bryn Mawr and Wellesely only if you are female, of course).</p>
<p>Any top school will have a great history department, the more undergrad focused the better. Choose the school, not the department. History isn’t one of those areas where major rank matters, especially among the top schools.</p>
<p>national liberal arts colleges - proportion of bachelors graduates in history </p>
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<p>Here is a list of top liberal arts colleges sorted by the proportion of bachelors graduates in history. From 2004 IPEDS Peer Analysis System.</p>
<p>college, total bachelors, history bachelors, proportion of history bachelors </p>
<p>VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE 278 49 0.18
WABASH COLLEGE 181 28 0.15
DAVIDSON COLLEGE 426 45 0.11
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 398 43 0.11
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS 675 75 0.11
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 643 63 0.1
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE 364 32 0.09
GRINNELL COLLEGE 367 33 0.09
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER 391 35 0.09
CENTRE COLLEGE 258 22 0.09
ST MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND 396 35 0.09
HAVERFORD COLLEGE 323 28 0.09
SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 313 27 0.09
KENYON COLLEGE 399 36 0.09
RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE 235 20 0.09
DENISON UNIVERSITY 514 42 0.08
CARLETON COLLEGE 455 38 0.08
REED COLLEGE 310 26 0.08
WILLIAMS COLLEGE 531 45 0.08
MILLSAPS COLLEGE 225 17 0.08
COLGATE UNIVERSITY 646 52 0.08
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 597 49 0.08
AMHERST COLLEGE 428 33 0.08
WHEATON COLLEGE 356 27 0.08
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE 204 14 0.07
BOWDOIN COLLEGE 414 28 0.07
RHODES COLLEGE 334 24 0.07
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 314 21 0.07
COLBY COLLEGE 486 33 0.07
AUSTIN COLLEGE 310 22 0.07
BATES COLLEGE 450 31 0.07
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 499 37 0.07
TRINITY COLLEGE 492 33 0.07
HENDRIX COLLEGE 230 14 0.06
WHITMAN COLLEGE 337 21 0.06
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE 455 26 0.06
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 462 26 0.06
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 420 24 0.06
HANOVER COLLEGE 217 12 0.06
BELOIT COLLEGE 261 16 0.06
OBERLIN COLLEGE 722 40 0.06
DREW UNIVERSITY 359 21 0.06
HOBART WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES 446 26 0.06
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 722 40 0.06
VASSAR COLLEGE 614 35 0.06</p>