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2023 Best Value History Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,950 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,342 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History School for You

History is the #26 most popular major in Oregon with 342 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oregon to see which programs offered the best value experiences for history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for history majors pursuing a .

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in History

$9,807 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Portland State University the best value school in Oregon for history students. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Portland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, history majors at Portland State University accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oregon State University is a great value for history students. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Oregon State are $12,188 a year. On average, history graduates from Oregon State take out $25,785 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR
$13,856 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Oregon is a great value for history students. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UO are $13,856 a year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at UO take out is $22,127.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 5,392
Washington 475
Hawaii 68
Nevada 109
Alaska 41

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Majors Similar to History

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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