2022 Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Washington

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 527 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great history programs and 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 Doctorate in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Washington.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Washington list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s history degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington doctor’s degree history students list, Wazzu has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Washington. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 6 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, 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.

Credits

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

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