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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

2 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$31,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

History is the 22nd 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 Alabama, there were 470 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,617 and $24,263 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $48-$75k) in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 4 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s history students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940.

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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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