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2022 Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

3 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$18,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. Charles Town, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s history degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

American Military University also made our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,222 for southeast region associate degree history students with aid per year to attend American Military University.

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

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#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #2 spot on the 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 #2 on our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $15,267 for Southeast Region Associate Degree History students with aid per year to attend Regent.

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#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 Getting Aid. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 1 associates’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #3 spot in our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Liberty University is $28,903 for southeast region associate degree history students with aid.

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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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