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

13 Colleges
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, history was ranked #25 in the country. In fact 4,391 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best History Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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

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

Top 10 Best History Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska at Kearney the best school in the Plains States Region for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Kearney, UNK is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

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The excellent master’s degree 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 . Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Best History Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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 places for history students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Missouri - Columbia 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 #8 on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha 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. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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#10

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 #10 on the list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

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Best History Colleges by State

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

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

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Majors Similar to History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Abraham Ortelius.

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