2022 Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 771 people earned their degree in history education, making the major the 498th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 116 history education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 history education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in history education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the history education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The history teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History Education in the Great Lakes Region

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 masters’s history teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best History Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on History Education at DePaul University

#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value History Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 5 masters’s history teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best History Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Full UIC History Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History Education

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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