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 Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other History is the 575th most popular major in the country with 527 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 22 other history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 other history graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other history.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s other history degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 2 degrees 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 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other History Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s other history students in 2020-2021.
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. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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