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Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,401 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

With 398 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #27 most popular major in Minnesota.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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.

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.

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

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 Minnesota. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $19,494 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

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

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

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 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.

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