2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History (Income $0-$30k) 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 Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 235 people earned their degree in public/applied history, making the major the 815th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 46 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public/applied history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public/applied history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public/applied history program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public/applied history degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public/Applied History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.

Read more about Public/Applied History at NC State

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, and it awarded 9 masters’s public/applied history degrees in 2019-2020.

NKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public/Applied History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public/Applied History at NKU

#3

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public/applied history degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public/Applied History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at University of South Carolina - Columbia

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History (Income $0-$30k)

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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