2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Wisconsin, there were 576 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great history programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $75-$110k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

$19,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k list. UW - Eau Claire is a fairly large school located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin that handed out 4 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Eau Claire not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Eau Claire are $19,430.

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#3

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k list. UWM is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 14 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #3 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295.

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#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $75-$110k list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s history degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about History at Marquette University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History (Income $75-$110k)

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

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