<p>When it comes to most fields of History, major departments are strong across the board. According to the USNWR:</p>
<p>AFRICAN HISTORY:
1. Northwestern University
2. University of Wisconsin-Madison
3. University of California-Los Angeles
4. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5. Yale University
6. Johns Hopkins University
6. Stanford University
8. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
9. Emory University
9. Indiana University-Bloomington</p>
<p>AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY:
1. Yale University
2. Columbia University
3. University of Califrnia-Berkeley
4. Rutgers University-New Brunswick
4. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
6. Duke University
7. Harvard University
7. New York University
7. Princeton University
7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>ASIAN HISTORY:
1. University of California-Berkeley
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. University of California-Los Angeles
5. Columbia University
5. University of Chicago
7. Princeton University
7. Stanford University
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
10. University of California-San Diego</p>
<p>CULTURAL HISTORY:
1. University of California-Berkeley
2. Yale University
3. University of Chicago
4. Princeton University
4. University of Michigan-Ann arbor
6. New York University
7. Rutgers University-New Brunswick
7. University of Wisconsin-Madison
9. Harvard University
9. University of California-Los Angeles</p>
<p>EUROPEAN HISTORY:
1. Princeton University
2. Yale University
3. University of California-Berkeley
4. University of Chicago
5. Harvard University
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
7. Columbia University
8. Stanford University
9. University of California-Los Angeles
10. Johns Hopkins University
10. University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY:
1. Harvard University
2. University of California-Berkeley
3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
4. University of California-Los Angeles
5. Yale University
6. Northwestern University
7. Princeton University
7. University of Chicago
9. Columbia University
10. New York University</p>
<p>LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY:
1. University of Texas-Austin
2. University of Wisconsin-Madison
2. Yale University
4. University of California-Berkeley
5. University of California-Los Angeles
6. University of Chicago
7. University of California-San Diego
8. Harvard University
9. Duke University
10. Indiana University-Bloomington</p>
<p>MODERN US HISTORY:
1. Yale University
2. Columbia University
2. University of California-Berkeley
4. Harvard University
5. Princeton University
6. Stanford University
7. University of Pennsylvania
7. University of Wisconsin-Madison
9. University of Chicago
10. University of Nort Carolina-Chapel Hill</p>
<p>US COLONIAL HISTORY:
1. Harvard University
1. Yale University
3. University of Pennsylvania
4. College of William and Mary
4. Johns Hopkins University
6. Princeton University
7. University of Virginia
8. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
9. Univesity of California-Berkeley
10. Cornell University
11. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill</p>
<p>WOMEN'S HISTORY:
1. University of Wisconsin-Madison
2. Rutgers University-New Brunswick
3. Yale University
4. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
5. University of California-Los Angeles
5. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
7. University of Pennsylvania
8. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
9. Columbia University
10. University of California-Berkeley</p>
<p>As you can see, some History departments, such as Cal, Columbia, Harvard, JHU, Michigan, Princeton and Yale are strong across the board.</p>