2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Arkansas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arkansas, there were 281 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,367 and $21,766 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great history programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121.

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#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

ATU also took the #3 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ATU are $12,087, 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%.

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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