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2022 Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public/Applied History is the 815th most popular major in the country with 235 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public/applied 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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Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History (With Aid)

#1

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public/applied history degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ATU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas Tech University is $10,772 for Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students with aid.

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#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public/applied history students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan is $15,981 for Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students with aid.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Central Michigan

#3

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s public/applied history degrees to qualified students.

Salem State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Salem State is $18,399 for Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students with aid.

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#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Western Michigan University is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree public/applied history students with aid list, WMU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students with aid.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baldwin Wallace University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Baldwin Wallace University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Berea, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Baldwin Wallace College also made our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,917 for Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students with aid per year to attend Baldwin Wallace College.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Baldwin Wallace University

#6

Flagler College - St Augustine

Saint Augustine, Florida
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Flagler College - St Augustine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Public/Applied History Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Flagler College - St Augustine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Augustine, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree public/applied history students with aid list, Flagler St. Augustine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,237 for Bachelor’s Degree Public/Applied History students with aid per year to attend Flagler St. Augustine.

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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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