by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon” ranking - to help you make that decision.
History is the 30th most popular major in the country with 32,731 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 342 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,342 and $24,674 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in history.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon list. University of Oregon is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 1 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Oregon list. Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
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