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Best Value History Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value History Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,899 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,648 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 539 degrees and certificates were awarded to history students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value History Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value bachelor'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. 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.

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in History

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in West Virginia. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year.

American Military University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

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#2

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Shepherd University is a great value for history students working on their bachelor’s degree. Shepherd University is a small public school located in the town of Shepherdstown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Shepherd University are $7,784 per year.

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#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

WVU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WVU also made our Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #4.

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#4

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in West Virginia. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Marshall University are $8,552 a year.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,063
Mississippi 232
South Carolina 423
Florida 887
Virginia 1,500
Arkansas 246
Alabama 505
Kentucky 366
Georgia 679
Tennessee 555
Louisiana 426

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

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