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2022 Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 32,905 people earned their degree in history, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,593 and had an average of $23,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,621 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,047 and $24,400 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s history students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $9,934 for middle atlantic region associate degree history students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SUNY Empire.

Read full report on History at SUNY Empire State College

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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