2022 Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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 Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other History is the 584th most popular major in the country with 516 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 70 other history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 other history graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other History in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$19,432 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other history students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vanderbilt is $19,432 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Other History students.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other History at Vanderbilt University

#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$27,020 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other History Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 7 bachelors’s other history degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Duke University is $27,020 for southeast region bachelor’s degree other history students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

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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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