2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History in Wisconsin

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 Doctorate in Wisconsin” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for History 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 Doctorate in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 13 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on History at UW - Madison

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 doctorate’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about History at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

#3

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$21,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s history students in 2019-2020.

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

Full Marquette University History Report

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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

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