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2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$18,665 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

History is the #40 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 1,235 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for history students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value History Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best History Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Millersville University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for history students working on their master’s degree. Millersville is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Millersville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Millersville are $11,934 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. SRU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Slippery Rock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SRU are $12,659 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. East Stroudsburg University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of East Stroudsburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at East Stroudsburg University are $11,868 per year.

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Out of the 10 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCUPA are $11,898 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ship are $11,970 a year.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $18,278 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

UPenn also made our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #2.

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#8

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Villanova University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

Villanova graduate students pay an average of $21,199 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Villanova not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree history programs. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt are $25,248 per year.

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#10

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

Duquesne University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duquesne are $24,534 a year.

Full History at Duquesne University Report

Best Value History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value History Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,677
Maryland 617
New Jersey 735
District of Columbia 258
Delaware 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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