by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General History is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 31,397 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Michigan, there were 603 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general history. That schools that top this list have a program in general history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan. Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s general history degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s general history degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Madonna University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Livonia, Michigan, and it awarded 1 masters’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan. Oakland University is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Wayne State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s general history students in 2020-2021.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 5 masters’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Michigan State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Michigan ranking. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general history degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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