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

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 “Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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 “Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public/applied history. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public/applied history.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region for a Master’s”.

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

1

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public/applied history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public/Applied History at Central Connecticut State University

2

Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

Top 20% overall quality in New England

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public/Applied History Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public/applied history degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Simmons Public/Applied History Report

• Most Popular 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.