2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,062
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
History is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 31,443 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , history graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,453 and had an average of $22,435 in loans still to pay off.
Across Washington, there were 487 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,062 and $20,568 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 459 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,970 and $20,602 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 17 colleges that offer a degree in history. That schools that top this list have a program in history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington”.
Top 17 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for History in Washington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walla Walla University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. Walla Walla U is a small school located in College Place, Washington that handed out 3 bachelors’s history degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on History at Walla Walla U
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puget Sound. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington. Located in Tacoma, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington. WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 72 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Whitman College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. Located in Walla Walla, Washington, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on History at Whitman College
Out of the 17 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Lutheran University landed the #5 spot on the list. Tacoma, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 21 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about History at PLU
Whitworth University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking, coming in at #6. Whitworth University is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 10 bachelors’s history degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 134 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is located in Tacoma, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s history degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about History at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus
Saint Martin’s University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking. Saint Martin’s is a small school located in Lacey, Washington that handed out 4 bachelors’s history degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on History at Saint Martin’s University
With a ranking of #10, Gonzaga University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Central Washington University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s history degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on History at Central Washington University
Washington State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 73 bachelors’s history degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Washington State University History Report
Seattle Pacific University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking. SPU is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 9 bachelors’s history degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Eastern Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on History at Eastern Washington University
Seattle University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s history students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on History at Seattle U
Heritage University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington ranking. Heritage University is a small school located in Toppenish, Washington that handed out 5 bachelors’s history degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Northwest University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on History Major in Washington list. Northwest University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kirkland, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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