by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana” ranking analyzed 7 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana. This small school is located in Helena, Montana, and it awarded 8 ’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 4 ’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified ’s history students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana - Western. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana list. Montana Western is a small school located in Dillon, Montana that handed out 4 ’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 36 ’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Montana State University - Billings landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana ranking. Montana State University - Billings is located in Billings, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s history degrees to qualified students.
University of Providence landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on History Major in Montana ranking. Located in Great Falls, Montana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s history students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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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