2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island

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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 Rhode Island, there were 240 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,550 and $20,834 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 Master’s in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Rhode Island

#1

Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$9,750 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Providence College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island list. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 11 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Providence are $9,750.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#3 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 3 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rhode island master’s degree history students list, URI has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363.

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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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