When considering a school to attend to achieve a degree in history, it pays off to look to the Ivy League.
Seven of the eight Ivies made College Factual's Top 10 Colleges for History, all but Dartmouth University. On the surface, there are a lot of reasons why history buffs would love going to such a prestigious institution, considering Yale, number one on the list, was established in 1701 and Harvard, number two, was established in 1636.
Also beneficial to a prospective history major is the city in which a school is situated. For example, while not Ivy League schools, William and Mary, UCLA and Boston College make the list.
Here is the top 10, click here for the full list from College Factual and here for the full methedology.
1. Yale University
Established: 1701
Location: New Haven, Conn.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 6.3 percent
2. Harvard University
Established: 1636
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 5.9 percent
3. Princeton University
Established: 1746
Location: Princeton, N.J.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 7.3 percent
4. Columbia University
Established: 1754
Location: New York, N.Y.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 7 percent
5. College of William and Mary
Established: 1693
Location: Williamsburg, Va.
School type: Public
Acceptance rate: 33 percent
6. University of California - Los Angeles
Established: 1882
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
School type: Public
Acceptance rate: 20.4 percent
7. Boston College
Established: 1863
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass.
School type: Private Jesuit Catholic
Acceptance rate: 32 percent
8. University of Pennsylvania
Established: 1740
Location: Philadelphia, Penn.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 9.9 percent
9. Brown University
Established: 1764
Location: Providence, R.I.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 8.6 percent
10. Cornell University
Established: 1865
Location: Ithaca, N.Y.
School type: Ivy League
Acceptance rate: 14 percent
