Hello everybody,

I was wondering if anybody had a perspective on how much additional value a dedicated Public History MA degree offers, versus just a History MA with a Public History concentration

Basically, I'm deciding between:

• Villanova History MA, with Public History concentration (and a certificate in Nonprofit Management)
• Northeastern Public History MA

The Northeastern program has much more public history specialized coursework, as you can imagine. While the Villanova degree is closer to a traditional History MA, but does include like 12 credit hours focused on Public History

In people's experience, do employers especially value a dedicated Public History degree, or is there not much difference between a regular History MA and Public History in their eyes?

Something else to note - I spent a few years working in a consulting role before deciding to go back to school, so I do have a fair amount of "real world" experience on top of this degree - not sure if that factors into this at all