2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other History
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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In 2020-2021, 527 people earned their degree in other history, making the major the 575th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 108 other history graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other history. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other history program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree other history students.
Top 14 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other History
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. This small school is located in San Juan, , and it awarded 11 masters’s other history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Other History at Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 49 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other History at ASU - Skysong
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s other history students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other History at Georgetown
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s other history students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read more about Other History at American Military University
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #5 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other history degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full Columbia Other History Report
With a ranking of #6, Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Other History Report
Fordham University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. Fordham U is located in Bronx, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s other history degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Fordham University Other History Report
With a ranking of #8, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other History at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
University of Chicago did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major ranking, coming in at #9. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s other history degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Chicago Other History Report
University of Pennsylvania ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Other History at UPenn
With a ranking of #9, University of California - Merced did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major list. Merced, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other history degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Other History at UC Merced
Fort Valley State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major ranking. Located in Fort Valley, Georgia, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s other history students in 2020-2021.
Full Fort Valley State University Other History Report
Mississippi College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major ranking, coming in at #9. MC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clinton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Read full report on Other History at MC
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major ranking, coming in at #9. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s other history degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Other History at U-M
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.