2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for History and Political Science
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History and Political Science Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
History and Political Science is the 1092nd most popular major in the country with 65 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 history and political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their history and political science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History and Political Science Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree history and political science students.
Top 1 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for History and Political Science
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History and Political Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized school located in Laredo, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s history and political science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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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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
- *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.
