2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Wisconsin (With Aid)

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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 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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree history students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about History at UW - Madison

#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 Getting Aid list. Located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

UW - Eau Claire did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire are $19,430.

Read more about History at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

#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 Getting Aid list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about History at UWM

#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s history 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690.

Read full report on History at Marquette

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• Best Value Master’s 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

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

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