2023 Schools Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 229 people earned their degree in public/applied history, making the major the 828th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public/applied history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public/applied history.

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Schools Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region public/applied history students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Public/Applied History in the Far Western US Region

1

California State University - Sacramento
Sacramento, California

$45,098 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,822 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Sacramento landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Sacramento, California, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified ’s public/applied history students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Sac State

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

$36,481 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,778 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the Far Western US Region list. Western Washington University is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 1 ’s public/applied history degrees in 2020-2021.

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%.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at WWU

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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

• *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.