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2022 Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

History is the 30th most popular major in the country with 32,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,593 and had an average of $23,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 7,627 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,119 and $23,749 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 86 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree history students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. American Military University is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 39 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University also made our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for American Military University is $10,013 for Southeast Region Associate Degree History students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about History at American Military University

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Regent University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent also made our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,584 for southeast region associate degree history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Regent.

Full Regent University History Report

#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $27,896 for southeast region associate degree history students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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