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2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

5 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value History Schools for a Master's in Tennessee

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Tennessee, there were 614 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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 Master’s in Tennessee

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for History in Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee master’s degree history students list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. University of Memphis is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s history degrees to qualified students.

UofM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. ETSU is a fairly large school located in Johnson City, Tennessee that handed out 12 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee master’s degree history students list, ETSU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679.

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#4

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 masters’s history degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Middle Tennessee State University are $26,172, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value History Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Peay State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Clarksville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Austin Peay State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Austin Peay State University are $14,669, 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.

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