2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You
History is the #23 most popular major in the country with 32,731 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Tarleton State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in the Southwest Region . Tarleton is a large public school located in the town of Stephenville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tarleton are $15,031 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - Commerce is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public school with a large student population.
Texas A&M Commerce graduate students pay an average of $14,682 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.
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Stephen F Austin State University 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 #6 on the list. SFASU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SFASU are $15,695 a year.
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Texas Tech University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.
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University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree history programs. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Houston.
UH Clear Lake graduate students pay an average of $18,990 in tuition and fees each year.
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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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Explore the best history colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 640 |
| Texas | 2,312 |
| New Mexico | 115 |
| Oklahoma | 242 |
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History Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| History | 32,731 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.
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