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 Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 248 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,102 and $25,398 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree history students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas list. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas. ATU is a medium-sized school located in Russellville, Arkansas that handed out 4 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 5 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #4 spot on the list. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Harding University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Arkansas list. Harding University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Searcy, Arkansas. It awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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