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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

7 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$22,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Oregon, there were 327 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,325 and $23,904 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 306 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 7 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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Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 63 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State University is $20,016 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about History at Oregon State University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 72 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2019-2020.

UO also took the #4 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oregon is $16,461 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Full UO History Report

#3

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $13,040 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students per year to attend Portland State University.

Read more about History at Portland State University

#4

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, Oregon
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Oregon University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon. EOU is a small school located in La Grande, Oregon that handed out 15 bachelors’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

EOU also took the #7 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Oregon University is $14,300 for oregon bachelor’s degree history students.

Read full report on History at Eastern Oregon University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Linfield University - McMinnville Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is located in McMinnville, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Linfield, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is $27,951 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about History at Linfield

#6

Willamette University

Salem, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Willamette University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. This small school is located in Salem, Oregon, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Willamette also made our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $31,961 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students per year to attend Willamette.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about History at Willamette

#7

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

Lewis & Clark College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon ranking. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lewis and Clark College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis & Clark College is $35,546 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on History at Lewis and Clark College

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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