2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.

History is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 32,731 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 219 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,793 and $30,174 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 85 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,761 and $18,399 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in history. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their history program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for History in Idaho

1

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho

#2 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 60 degrees to qualified associates’s history students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 Brigham Young University - Idaho History Report

2

College of Western Idaho
Nampa, Idaho

#9 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Full College of Western Idaho History Report

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North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

#7 overall quality in Idaho

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #3 spot on the list. North Idaho College is a small school located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho that handed out 7 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.

Full North Idaho College History Report

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College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho

#10 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Southern Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho. Twin Falls, Idaho is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on History at College of Southern Idaho

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Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

#6 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on History Major in Idaho. ISU is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 24 associates’s history degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about History at ISU

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.