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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Oregon, there were 327 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,325 and $23,904 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 306 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree history students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $30-$48k) in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Portland State University is $11,440 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Portland State University History Report

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UO also took the #4 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $13,108 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UO.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about History at UO

#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 63 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,770 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Oregon State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Oregon State History Report

#4

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, Oregon
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Oregon University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in La Grande, Oregon, this small public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2019-2020.

EOU also made our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for EOU is $11,631 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis & Clark College landed the #5 spot on the list. Lewis and Clark College is a small school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 9 bachelors’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lewis and Clark College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis and Clark College is $25,048 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on History at Lewis & Clark College

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Linfield University - McMinnville Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is located in McMinnville, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.

Linfield did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is $19,249 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about History at Linfield University - McMinnville Campus

#7

Willamette University

Salem, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Willamette University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Salem, Oregon, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Willamette also made our “Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Willamette University is $24,063 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree History students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Read full report on History at Willamette University

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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