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 has developed its “Most Well Attended History Major in Nebraska for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Nebraska, there were 224 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,190 and $23,779 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,838 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended History Major in Nebraska for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular history programs in the United States.
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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 Nebraska for a Master’s” 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 nebraska master’s degree history students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended History Major in Nebraska for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Kearney, Nebraska, and it awarded 29 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended History Major in Nebraska for a Master’s. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended History Major in Nebraska for a Master’s. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, 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 85%.
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