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. 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 Arizona” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 32,731 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. 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 Arizona, there were 644 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,452 and $27,172 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 470 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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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 Arizona” 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 Arizona”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 152 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ottawa University - Phoenix. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 113 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 59 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 110 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Northern Arizona University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona list. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 32 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2020-2021.
Ottawa University - Surprise did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arizona ranking, coming in at #8. Ottawa University - Surprise is a small school located in Surprise, Arizona that handed out 0 bachelors’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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