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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
39 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value History Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” 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 Colorado, there were 500 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,500 and $25,896 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree history students with aid list, UCCS has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 10 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about History at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Northern Colorado History Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree history students with aid list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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