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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

5 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value History Schools for a Master's in Missouri

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Missouri, there were 464 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,367 and $25,852 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Missouri

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our missouri master’s degree history students list, Missouri State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UMSL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMSL are $30,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394.

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#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our missouri master’s degree history students list, SLU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, 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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