There are a wide range of colleges and universities that offer distance degrees in history. They include Ashford University, the University of Maryland, Grand Canyon University, Norwich University, the Savannah College of Art and Design, Union Institute & University and Charter Oak State College.
It is possible to pursue bachelor's as well as master's degrees in history via correspondence. One of the most popular degrees is the bachelor of arts in history degree, offered by Ashford University, located in Clinton, Iowa, and the University of Maryland, based in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland. The Grand Canyon University, based in Phoenix, Arizona, also offers the Bachelor of Arts in History degree. Some schools offer Master's degrees. For example, Norwich University, based in Northfield, Vermont, offers a Master of Arts in military history degree program for those who already have a bachelor's degree. The Savannah College of Art and Design, or SCAD, located in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, offers an online Master of Arts in historic preservation degree program.
Students studying for a bachelor of arts in history degree study such courses as world history, early American history, recent American history, history and historians, Civil War reconstruction, history of the modern Middle East and colonial and revolutionary America. Should you decide to enroll in the Master of Arts in Military History degree program of Norwich University, you will study courses such as military methodology and historiography, examination of theoretical concepts, American military history, non-Western and non-traditional ways of war and military thought and strategy
The annual tuition fees for a distance degree in history vary. For example, the bachelor of arts in history degree from Ashford University costs $44,640, while the same degree from the University of Maryland and Grand Canyon University cost $28,180 and $52,200, respectively. The Master of Arts in military history degree from Norwich University costs $23,652 while the Master of Arts in historic preservation degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design costs $26,415.