2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (With Aid)
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 32,905 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 22nd 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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3,202 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 283 colleges that offered 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 For Those Getting Aid
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree history students with aid.
Top 25 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (With Aid)
Out of the 283 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. Yale is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 24 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at Queens College are $21,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s history degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.
Harvard also took the #2 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
UNC Chapel Hill also claimed a top spot on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248.
Out of the 283 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the #5 spot on the list. Princeton is a medium-sized school located in Princeton, New Jersey that handed out 29 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
Princeton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton are $56,470.
Hunter College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in New York, New York, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter are $20,828, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.
Read more about History at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 8 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
UW Seattle also claimed a top spot on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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The City College of New York landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. CCNY is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The City College of New York are $20,832.
California State University - Los Angeles ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. California State University - Los Angeles is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State LA are $17,723, but some majors have different tuition rates.
American Public University System came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 181 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.
American Military University excels when it comes to history quality. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American Military University are $7,050.
Read full report on History at American Public University System
University of Florida ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #13, California State University - Fullerton did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. California State University - Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State Fullerton are $17,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #14, Brooklyn College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 5 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at Brooklyn College are $20,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. UT Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.
University of Virginia also took the #13 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Lehman College landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bronx, New York, and it awarded 1 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lehman, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehman College are $21,000, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Stanford University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s history degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree history students with aid list, Stanford has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011, but some majors have different tuition rates.
California State University - Fresno ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. California State University - Fresno is located in Fresno, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fresno State are $17,581.
Read full report on History at California State University - Fresno
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #22, The University of West Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.
Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of West Florida are $24,894, but some majors have different tuition rates.
California State University - Northridge did quite well in the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #23. California State University - Northridge is located in Northridge, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.
Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUN are $17,955, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Rice University landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s history degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Rice also made our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #18. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913.
With a ranking of #25, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC is also in the top of our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read more about History at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Not only did these schools make the top 43 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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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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