2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History in the New England Region

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Public/Applied History is the 828th most popular major in the country with 229 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 17 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public/applied history. That schools that top this list have a program in public/applied history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History in the New England Region

1

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region list. Located in New Britain, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s public/applied history students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public/Applied History at CCSU

2

Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

Top 20% overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region. Simmons University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s public/applied history degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Simmons University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public/Applied History

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.