2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Idaho

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 “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking - to help you make that 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 Idaho, there were 199 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,750 and $21,282 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Idaho

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about History at University of Idaho

#2

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Idaho list. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #2 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State University are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about History at Boise State

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

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