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2022 Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 108 people earned their degree in American history (United States), making the major the 936th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 American history (United States) graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in American history (United States). The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American history (United States) programs and cost less that 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 Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American History (United States) (With Aid)

#1

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Keene State College is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 10 bachelors’s American history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keene State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best American History (United States) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Keene State is $19,394 for Bachelor’s Degree American History students with aid.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 1 bachelors’s American history degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best American History (United States) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Idaho is $14,132 for bachelor’s degree american history students with aid.

Read more about American History (United States) at U of I

#3

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s American history students in 2019-2020.

Salem State also made our “Best American History (United States) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Salem State is $18,399 for Bachelor’s Degree American History students with aid.

Full Salem State University American History (United States) Report

#4

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #4 spot on the list. Dordt University is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 3 bachelors’s American history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree american history students with aid list, Dordt has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best American History (United States) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt is $25,102 for bachelor’s degree american history students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Dordt University American History (United States) Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value American History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is a medium-sized public school situated in Tacoma, Washington. It awarded 8 bachelors’s American history degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Tacoma also made our “Best American History (United States) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $10,817 for Bachelor’s Degree American History students with aid per year to attend University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about American History (United States) at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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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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