Bachelor's History Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Bachelor's History Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual five-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only History programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 392 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania0.13×5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi2Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts0.14×4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi3Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina0.15×6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi4CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York0.16×54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi5Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island0.17×5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi6Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee0.17×6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi7University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California0.18×10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi8Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York0.19×9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi9CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York0.20×64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi10Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire0.20×5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi11University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California0.21×11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi12College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York0.21×92%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi13CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York0.21×60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi14California State University-StanislausTurlock, California0.22×98%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi15University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California0.22×9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi16Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois0.23×8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi17University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana0.23×11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi18Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah0.23×68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi19University of California-IrvineIrvine, California0.23×29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi20San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California0.25×96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi21University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California0.25×33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi22California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California0.26×94%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi23California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California0.26×93%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi24Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois0.26×74%1151$24k$61k70%3,00616 mi25New York UniversityNew York, New York0.26×9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi26Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts0.26×16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi27California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California0.26×75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi28Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa0.26×15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi29William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia0.27×34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi30University of California-DavisDavis, California0.27×42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi31University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina0.27×15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi32CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York0.27×57%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi33University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii0.28×87%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi34University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington0.28×39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi35University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington0.28×83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi36Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California0.28×93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi37University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia0.28×17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi38Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts0.29×11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi39California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California0.29×93%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi40University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California0.29×27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi41California State University-FullertonFullerton, California0.29×91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi42Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland0.29×82%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi43Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas0.29×63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi44University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan0.30×16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi45University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida0.30×53%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi46California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California0.30×31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi47San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California0.30×36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi48California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California0.31×46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi49Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania0.31×42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi50Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia0.31×71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi51California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California0.31×94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi52George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia0.32×47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi53California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California0.32×91%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi54Willamette UniversitySalem, Oregon0.32×77%1377$25k$57k71%1,59248 mi55University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois0.32×42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi56Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York0.32×39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi57Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts0.32×21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi58University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana0.33×87%1219$14k$47k53%12,42826 mi59The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas0.33×65%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi60University of FloridaGainesville, Florida0.33×24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi61California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California0.33×95%—$10k$62k51%5,0135 mi62Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York0.33×4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi63Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana0.33×73%1285$19k$61k69%30,59447 mi64University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California0.34×62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi65Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas0.34×82%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi66Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida0.34×66%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi67University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming0.34×97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi68University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada0.34×74%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi69University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska0.34×89%1118$16k$50k58%4,088544 mi70Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina0.35×22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi71The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas0.35×27%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi72SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York0.35×84%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi73Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia0.35×11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi74Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah0.35×——$10k$56k46%16,360551 mi75Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida0.35×55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi76California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California0.35×98%—$13k$48k49%5,6122 mi77Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York0.35×49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi78Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas0.35×44%993$4k$48k46%6,667102 mi79James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia0.36×72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi80University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada0.36×96%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi81University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin0.36×45%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi82College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts0.36×18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi83Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts0.36×41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi84Fordham UniversityBronx, New York0.36×59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi85Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin0.36×81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi86University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois0.36×77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi87The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama0.36×77%1285$22k$59k73%33,227173 mi88University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado0.37×78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi89University of California-RiversideRiverside, California0.37×76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi90Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey0.37×58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi91Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey0.37×71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi92Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey0.37×66%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi93University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky0.37×93%1215$19k$59k71%24,763249 mi94Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois0.38×82%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi95Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana0.38×14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi96Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia0.38×55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.