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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$33,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value History Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” 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 Michigan, there were 631 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,089 and $26,074 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the history program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree history students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Michigan (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 5 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Central Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 8 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #4 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 7 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree history students with aid list, WMU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Eastern Michigan University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid ranking. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #5 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552.

Read more about History at Eastern Michigan

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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