by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Tennessee, there were 555 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,574 and $22,929 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in history. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in history.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s” 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 “Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 13 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s list. University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Peay State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Austin Peay State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Clarksville, Tennessee. It awarded 5 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #5 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s history degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Carson - Newman University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended History Major in Tennessee for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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