2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

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 an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York

#1 in overall quality

$12,142 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value History Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saratoga Springs, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s history degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire also made our “Best History Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Empire is $12,142 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree History students with aid.

Read full report on History at SUNY Empire State College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for History (With Aid)

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

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