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Figure 3: Percentage of Undergraduate History Programs Offering Courses in Field, by Highest Degree and Control

AHA Staff | Feb 1, 2003

	Average All (N=314)	BA (N=136)	MA (N=82)	PhD (N=87)	Private, Independent	Private, Religious	Public
U.S. History Courses	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
European History Courses	91%	91%	90%	94%	90%	92%	90%
Asian History Courses	78%	71%	82%	86%	80%	72%	79%
Latin American History Courses	73%	63%	78%	85%	68%	70%	77%
African History Courses	54%	40%	58%	74%	58%	37%	60%
Middle East History Courses	48%	37%	55%	61%	48%	36%	54%
World History Courses	59%	54%	61%	64%	45%	50%	69%
Western Civ Courses	46%	36%	53%	57%	25%	49%	54%
Other History Courses	54%	51%	49%	61%	45%	50%	59%
Source: Annual survey of history departments for the 2000–01 academic year. Numbers for highest degree slightly lower than other numbers , since we exclude a limited due to a small number of Associate's and Doctor of Arts programs.

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