2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best History Graduate Certificate School for You
History is the #23 most popular major in the country with 32,731 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.
The Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in History
Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the Plains States Region for history students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMSL is a large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMSL are $30,756 a year.
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Explore the best history colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 219 |
Minnesota | 398 |
Iowa | 336 |
South Dakota | 70 |
Missouri | 496 |
Nebraska | 224 |
North Dakota | 49 |
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History Related Majors for History
History Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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History | 32,731 |
Majors Similar to History
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 2 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.