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2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,067 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best History Graduate Certificate 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for history majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in History

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ohio University - Athens Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in the Great Lakes Region . OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great value for history students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $38,667 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 146
Indiana 79
Ohio 155
Wisconsin 65
Michigan 64

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

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 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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