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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History (Income Over $110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
2,502 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 32,905 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 30th most popular in the United States. 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2,502 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History (Income Over $110k)

#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 Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified associates’s history students in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #1 spot in our “Best History Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for American Military University is $10,222 for associate degree history students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on History at American Public University System

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Rexburg, Idaho, and it awarded 61 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best History Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Idaho is $7,167 for associate degree history students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full BYU - I History Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Utah Valley University is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 21 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best History Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $9,159 for associate degree history students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Utah Valley University.

Full UVU History Report

#4

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best History Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,267 for associate degree history students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Regent University.

Read full report on History at Regent University

#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue History Schools for an Associate For Those Making Over $110k list. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s history degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best History Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $28,903 for associate degree history students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about History at Liberty University

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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