2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

History is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 32,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Minnesota, there were 404 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,700 and $22,755 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree history students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k) in Minnesota

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about History at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#2

Minnesota State University - Mankato

Mankato, Minnesota

$8,788 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about History at Minnesota State University - Mankato

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

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