by our College Data Analytics Team
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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 West Virginia, there were 539 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,969 and $22,115 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 252 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,642 and $26,170 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. That schools that top this list have a program in history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shepherd University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia. Shepherd University is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethany College West Virginia. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia. Located in Bethany, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairmont State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia list. Fairmont, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia Wesleyan College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia. Institute, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Concord University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia ranking. Athens, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Davis & Elkins College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia ranking. Located in Elkins, West Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
Glenville State College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia ranking. Glenville State College is a small school located in Glenville, West Virginia that handed out 4 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
American Public University System did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia ranking, coming in at #9. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 136 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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West Virginia University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia ranking. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Marshall University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in West Virginia ranking. This fairly large school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
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