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2023 Most Popular History Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Finding the Best History School for You

History is the #55 most popular major in the country with 4,391 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular 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. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the History program at each school on the list.

Check out the history programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the most popular school in the Plains States Region for history students. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - St Louis landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular History Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNK is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Kearney.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular 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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The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in the Plains States Region . UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

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With a ranking of #6, Fort Hays State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for history students. Located in the remote town of Hays, FHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular history programs. Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular history programs. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for history students. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#10

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, MO

University of Central Missouri came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular History Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

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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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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