2024 Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue an Associate Degree in history. It is ranked #30 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for history students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 132 associate degrees in history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other history students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt history students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized history related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for history students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study History in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in history.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for an Associate in History

1

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

60 Annual Graduates

Brigham Young University - Idaho is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in history. Located in the distant town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in history from Brigham Young University - Idaho

2

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Utah Valley University is a good decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in history. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a associate in history from Utah Valley University

Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	35	31
Idaho	35	85
Wyoming	32	16

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History Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
History	132

Most Popular Majors Related to History

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	18,331
Social Sciences	256
Communication & Journalism	230
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	175
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	133
English Language & Literature	116
Theology & Religious Vocations	49
Philosophy & Religious Studies	16
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius. More about our data sources and methodologies.