by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s” 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 Colorado, there were 546 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,327 and $23,641 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in history. To top this list, a school must have a successful history program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree history students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adams State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s list. Adams State University is located in Alamosa, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s list. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s. Denver, Colorado 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s list. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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.
University of Northern Colorado ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended History Major in Colorado for a Master’s list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 2 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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