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

6 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$33,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value History Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Michigan, there were 631 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,089 and $26,074 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the history program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Central Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 8 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WMU History Report

#6

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Eastern Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 14 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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