2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Colorado
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 a Master’s in Colorado” 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.
For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.
Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Colorado
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 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 also made our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree history students 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 some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. CU Anschutz 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 16 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree history students 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is a public institution located in Greeley, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Northern Colorado also took the #5 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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%.
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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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