2022 Best Value American History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value American History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

American History (United States) is the 936th most popular major in the country with 108 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 59 American history (United States) graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality American history (United States) programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the American history (United States) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value American History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree american history students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American History (United States) (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Ashland University

Ashland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$6,444 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ashland University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value American History Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Ashland, Ohio, and it awarded 59 masters’s American history degrees in 2019-2020.

Ashland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American History (United States) Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ashland are $6,444, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about American History (United States) at Ashland University

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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