Best ROI: History

Schools offering History ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $35,479 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	98	$14,860	$91,885	$15,000	95.9%	Exceptional
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	97	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	92.8%	Exceptional
3	Yale University New Haven, CT	97	$23,777	$100,533	$12,975	95.7%	Exceptional
4	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	$26,780	$99,980	$19,000	95.2%	Exceptional
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97	$28,699	$111,371	$15,715	96.5%	Exceptional
6	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	97	$15,846	$91,565	$14,000	93.5%	Exceptional
7	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	96	$16,665	$90,768	$18,500	86.4%	Exceptional
8	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	96	$12,548	$82,511	$14,000	92.6%	Exceptional
9	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	96	$12,470	$84,943	$15,500	86.1%	Exceptional
10	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	96	$19,066	$101,817	$14,000	97.6%	Exceptional
11	Williams College Williamstown, MA	96	$17,716	$88,665	$12,761	93.6%	Exceptional
12	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	96	$21,590	$102,491	$21,500	96.1%	Exceptional
13	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	96	$28,690	$104,043	$14,000	95.4%	Exceptional
14	Duke University Durham, NC	96	$29,612	$97,800	$13,000	96.8%	Exceptional
15	Brown University Providence, RI	96	$25,184	$93,487	$11,428	95.7%	Exceptional
16	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	95	$14,741	$80,838	$13,000	85.7%	Exceptional
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	95	$13,138	$83,648	$19,500	93.2%	Exceptional
18	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	95	$29,519	$97,434	$17,500	95.5%	Exceptional
19	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	95	$21,565	$86,863	$17,500	95.6%	Exceptional
20	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	94	$14,251	$80,735	$15,000	86.9%	Exceptional
21	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	94	$29,167	$89,363	$15,000	95.1%	Exceptional
22	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
23	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	94	$6,128	$110,066	$10,320	97.6%	Exceptional
24	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	94	$11,655	$72,200	$14,000	91.2%	Exceptional
25	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	$15,564	$75,790	$11,069	81.0%	Exceptional
26	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
27	Georgetown University Washington, DC	93	$40,815	$103,494	$15,500	94.8%	Exceptional
28	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	93	$14,355	$81,054	$19,500	85.1%	Exceptional
29	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
30	Emory University Atlanta, GA	92	$22,585	$80,137	$18,250	91.1%	Exceptional
31	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	92	$41,704	$103,937	$19,000	90.8%	Exceptional
32	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	92	$28,786	$85,139	$15,000	91.2%	Exceptional
33	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	92	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	72.1%	Exceptional
34	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	91	$32,740	$92,498	$18,000	91.8%	Exceptional
35	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	91	$19,096	$73,490	$18,500	89.4%	Exceptional
36	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	91	$23,781	$94,810	$19,500	93.9%	Exceptional
37	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
38	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91	$14,600	$72,424	$19,500	83.1%	Exceptional
39	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
40	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	90	$16,109	$74,915	$13,993	83.0%	Exceptional
41	Amherst College Amherst, MA	90	$23,367	$77,644	$13,740	93.9%	Exceptional
42	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
43	Barnard College New York, NY	90	$28,800	$80,516	$18,000	93.0%	Exceptional
44	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional
45	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	89	$11,531	$71,902	$16,000	68.4%	Strong
46	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	89	$21,620	$80,596	$18,500	81.6%	Strong
47	University of Portland Portland, OR	89	$28,210	$82,804	$21,370	79.8%	Strong
48	Villanova University Villanova, PA	89	$43,756	$100,423	$25,874	91.9%	Strong
49	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	89	$21,315	$72,097	$17,804	83.9%	Strong
50	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	89	$24,953	$81,698	$21,500	86.2%	Strong

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Rankings are based on our ROI score (0-100), which weights five quantifiable factors: Earnings Premium (30%), Payback Period (25%), Debt-to-Earnings (20%), Completion Rate (15%), and Loan Repayment (10%). All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. No subjective criteria are used.

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