by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Vermont” 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 Vermont, there were 190 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,806 and $24,396 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,945 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Vermont” ranking looked at 2 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Vermont” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Vermont”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norwich University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Vermont. It awarded 63 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Vermont. UVM is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 8 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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