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Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,346 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

History is the #26 most popular major in Iowa with 336 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa 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.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in History

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNI are $10,569 a year.

UNI also took the #5 spot in our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.

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Out of the 3 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $11,404 per year.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $12,065 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Iowa also made our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 219
Minnesota 398
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 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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