143 PhD programmes in History in United States

The Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno offers graduate programs of study leading to the MA, the M.ATH., or the PhD degrees in History. 

The Ph.D. degree in History at Boston College is offered with concentrations in United States, medieval, early modern European, modern European (including British/Irish/British Empire), Asian, and Middle Eastern history. We also offer course work in African and Latin American history.

One of the oldest, most prestigious academic programs of its kind in the United States, History of Science, Medicine and Technology (HSMT) at University of Wisconsin Madison draws together faculty members in History and in Medical History & Bioethics. 

The mission of our doctoral program in History at University of Kansas is to train the next generation of historians to the highest professional standards in our discipline, from which they can pursue careers in academia, information management, public history, and the non-profit sector, among others.

Students pursuing a Ph.D. in History at Lehigh University are encouraged to identify faculty members they are interested in working with, and are encouraged to contact faculty directly to learn more about opportunities for collaboration and research.

The Department of History at the University of Oklahoma has awarded graduate degrees for more than one hundred years. The internationally recognized faculty publish groundbreaking scholarship and lead professional organizations in the United States and around the globe.

The History program from The University of Arizona emphasizes the development of critical habits and technical skills to foster advanced research, publication and teaching in the field of history, broadly conceived.  

Explore the past and prepare for the future with a PhD in History from Case Western Reserve University. 

The goal of the History of Science program at Princeton University is to enhance our students' enthusiasm for the subject while also training them for the joint professional responsibilities of teaching and research. 

At University of Florida, we offer minor concentrations in the thematic fields of Atlantic, Gender, Legal, Religious, and World History.

New York University’s Department of History includes a Ph.D. field specialization in the study of Latin American and Caribbean History. 

The Graduate Program in History at the University of Pennsylvania has a long tradition of distinction. Few history departments in the country can match ours in global coverage and scholarly depth for the study of the past over the last half millennium.

The Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago offers degrees at both the master’s and doctoral levels. 

New York University's Department of History offers a Ph.D. in East Asian History in a field that builds on the strengths of its core faculty, and in close connection with faculties in related departments (East Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Sociology, and so on). 

The Ph.D. in History at Texas A&M University is a research‑intensive program for students called to explore the past and share its insights with the world.

At the Florida State University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in American Religious History.

The Department of Rhetoric at University of California, Berkeley offers an interdisciplinary PhD program focusing on the study of rhetorical theory and the interaction of the historical concerns of rhetoric with contemporary critical theory across a broad spectrum of disciplines. 

The History program from Princeton University values an approach to scholarship grounded in the particular while retaining a sense of the whole. 

The reputation of the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky is based on the department's long, outstanding history and a tradition of exciting and innovative scholarship on the part of its faculty.

The History program at Northwestern University is distinguished by its relatively compact size, admitting about 15 students or fewer each year. This highly selective program allows close faculty-student interaction and permits exacting criticism of sources, research procedures, and writing skills.