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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Nebraska, there were 204 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,950 and $21,998 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska

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

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

#1

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$14,792 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. Located in Kearney, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our nebraska master’s degree history students list, UNK has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNK are $14,792, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on History at University of Nebraska at Kearney

#2

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$16,374 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska at Omaha are $16,374.

Read full report on History at University of Nebraska at Omaha

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in the Plains States Region
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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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