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2023 Best History Schools in the Plains States Region

14 Colleges
$30,406 Avg Salary
$25,596 Avg Student Debt

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The Best History Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best History Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the history programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best History Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska at Kearney the best school in the Plains States Region for history students. UNK is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Kearney.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great place for history students. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.

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#3

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Out of the 14 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. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in the Plains States Region . UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Best History Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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#7

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for history students. It came in at #7 on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #8 on this year’s Best History Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for history students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public college with a large student population.

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#10

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas ranked #10 on this year’s Best History Schools in the Plains States Region list. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

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Best History Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 108
Minnesota 29
Iowa 11
Kansas 35
Nebraska 47
North Dakota 5
South Dakota 3

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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