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2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$22,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

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.

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 the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Plains States Region 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 the Plains States Region

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

Top 10 Best History Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

Read full report on History at Minnesota State University - Mankato

Out of the 13 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNK are $14,982 a year.

Full History at University of Nebraska at Kearney Report

#3

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Out of the 13 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNI are $21,201 a year.

UNI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full History at University of Northern Iowa Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Read full report on History at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska at Omaha is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNOMAHA are $16,374 per year.

Full History at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report

Iowa State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Wichita State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree history programs. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $15,323 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMN Twin Cities is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#9

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas 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 #9 on the list. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

K -State graduate students pay an average of $23,949 in tuition and fees each year.

Full History at Kansas State University Report

University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.

Read full report on History at University of Missouri - Columbia

Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 219
Minnesota 398
Iowa 336
South Dakota 70
Missouri 496
Nebraska 224
North Dakota 49

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 13 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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