by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Montana, there were 93 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,905 and $24,624 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in history.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Carroll College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Helena, Montana, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rocky Mountain College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana list. Rocky is a small school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 4 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Montana - Western is a public institution located in Dillon, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #4 spot on the list. UM is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 33 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Montana State University - Billings did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Billings, Montana, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
University of Providence came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Montana ranking. This small school is located in Great Falls, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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