by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Colorado, there were 546 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,327 and $23,641 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 496 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in history.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Air Force Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado. Located in USAF Academy, Colorado, this small public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Lewis College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a fairly large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 77 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #4 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is located in Pueblo, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 52 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #6. UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 83 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Colorado College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #8. Colorado College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 5 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #9, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 83 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Western Colorado University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. Located in Gunnison, Colorado, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus History Report
Colorado Mesa University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. Colorado Mesa University is located in Grand Junction, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
Colorado Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #13. This medium-sized school is located in Lakewood, Colorado, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, University of Denver did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Regis University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Colorado ranking, coming in at #15. Regis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 5 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
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