2023 Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best History Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 32,731 people earned a degree or certificate in history, making the major the #31 most popular in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 109 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for history students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Our 2023 rankings named Northern Illinois University the best value school in the United States for history students working on their doctor’s degree. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in the United States. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for history students working on their doctor’s degree. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.
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Out of the 109 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
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University of Southern Mississippi ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Hattiesburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Delaware did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a very large student population.
UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 20% of our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UIUC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.
UPenn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree history programs. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, University of Virginia is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.
Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas A&M College Station excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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With a ranking of #12, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their doctor’s degree. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.
Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.
UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Boston College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill.
Boston College graduate students pay an average of $32,722 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Houston ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.
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University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 17 | University of Akron Main Campus | Akron, OH |
| 18 | University of Oklahoma Norman Campus | Norman, OK |
| 18 | Arizona State University - Tempe | Tempe, AZ |
| 20 | Yale University | New Haven, CT |
| 21 | George Washington University | Washington, DC |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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