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2025 Best History Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

3 Colleges in Colorado
58 Master's Degrees
$42,244 Avg Early-Career Salary
a master's degree in history is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #51 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best History Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 master's degrees in history during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great History School for Your Master's Degree

Best History Master's Degree Schools in Colorado The history master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for history students working on their master's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best History Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study History in Colorado

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in history.

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in History

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a master's degree in history. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the history program make an average of $42,244 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in history from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in history. CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the city of Denver.More information about a master’s in history from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in history needs to check out University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. UCCS is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Colorado Springs.More information about a master’s in history from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Best History Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Utah 164 17
Idaho 96 19
Montana 90 9
Wyoming 53 1

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History is one of 0 different types of History programs to choose from.

History Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General History 53
American History (United States) 5

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