2019 Most Affordable Online Master's in History
Students looking for the most inexpensive online master's degrees in history can benefit from this list. All 25 colleges and universities have tuition rates of less than $15,000 per year. Distance learners can obtain either a Master of Arts in History or a Master of Arts in Public History for the very low cost of only $4,316 per year at #1-ranked Fort Hays State University. Troy University is ranked in spot 25, with a tuition rate of only $14,820 per year.
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| Rank | College | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| #1 Fort Hays State University | $4,316 | |
| #2 American College of Education | $5,327 | |
| #3 Adams State University | $5,400 | |
| #4 Missouri State University | $5,525 | |
| #5 University of North Alabama | $5,542 | |
| #6 American Public University System | $6,300 | |
| #7 Sam Houston State University | $7,402 | |
| #8 University of Louisiana-Monroe | $7,500 | |
| #9 Louisiana Tech University | $7,875 | |
| #10 University of Massachusetts-Boston | $8,050 | |
| #11 Arizona State University | $8,430 | |
| #12 Southwestern Assemblies of God University | $8,775 | |
| #13 Wayland Baptist University | $8,835 | |
| #14 Northeastern State University | $9,031 | |
| #15 University of Nebraska at Kearney | $9,306 | |
| #16 University of Memphis | $10,251 | |
| #17 Western New Mexico University | $10,334 | |
| #18 Jackson State University | $11,123 | |
| #19 SUNY Maritime College | $11,655 | |
| #20 Pittsburg State University | $11,835 | |
| #21 Gratz College | $12,564 | |
| #22 Western Kentucky University | $12,726 | |
| #23 Union Institute & University | $13,464 | |
| #24 Liberty University | $13,560 | |
| #25 Troy University | $14,820 |
- Annual Tuition: $4,316
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,613
- Example Classes:
African Civilization; American Military History; Approaches to World History; Constitutional History of the United States; Historical Methods; Historiography
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $5,327
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,844
- Example Classes:
A New Nation - Early American History; Ancient Roads - Historical Exploration and Expansion; Revolution - Revolutionary Change in the Historical Record; The Americans - History of Western Influence; The Legacies of History - Special Topics in U.S. - World Historical Research
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,400
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,356
- Example Classes:
American Indian History; American West; Religion in United States History; U.S. Presidency; U.S. Sports History; Women and Politics in 20th Century America
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,525
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,222
- Example Classes:
American History Readings Seminar; Colonial America; Historiography and Historical Method; The American Revolution; The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era; Women's History Primary Source Seminar
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $5,542
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,079
- Example Classes:
American Colonial History; Black Americans since 1877; Historical Administration; Historiography and Methodology; History of American Architecture; History of Women in the United States
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $6,300
- School Type: For-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC and DEAC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 8,961
- Example Classes:
African-American History before 1877; American History to 1877; Ancient and Classical History; Ancient Warfare; History and Popular Culture; History of Colonial America
Online Master's Degrees (11)
- Master of Arts in History
- Master of Arts in History - American History
- Master of Arts in History - Ancient and Classical H...
- Master of Arts in History - European History
- Master of Arts in History - Global History
- Master of Arts in Military History
- Master of Arts in Military History - American Milit...
- Master of Arts in Military History - American Revol...
- Master of Arts in Military History - Civil War
- Master of Arts in Military History - War Since 1945
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- Annual Tuition: $7,402
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,575
- Example Classes:
Colonial America; Early Medieval Europe; High and Late Medieval Europe; Recent America, 1876-1933; Revolutionary America; World Historiography
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,500
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,260
- Example Classes:
American National Government; Civil War Military History; Historian's Craft; Historiography; History of Warfare; State and Local Government
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $7,875
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,391
- Example Classes:
Current Problems in History; European Traditions Since 1650; Recent European History; Seminar in Latin American History; Seminar in Medieval History; Seminar-The American Civil War
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,050
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NEASC CIHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,000
- Example Classes:
Greek and Roman Historians; Socialism: The International History of a Revolutionary Idea; The Science, Diplomacy, and Politics of the Atomic Bomb; Themes in American Indian History; Topics in American History; Women's Health and Healing
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,430
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 18,407
- Example Classes:
Civil War Era; Comparative Colonialism; Early American History; Genealogy; Global Cold War; History in the Wild
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $8,775
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC and ABHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 306
- Example Classes:
American South; Historical/Cultural Study Tour; Historiography; Military History; Modern Europe 1848-1945; Religion in America
Online Master's Degrees (2)
- Annual Tuition: $8,835
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,289
- Example Classes:
Church History; Environmental History; History of Science and Technology; History of Warfare; Social and Intellectual History; U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary History
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,031
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,184
- Example Classes:
American Colonial Period; American Social History; Global History since the Second World War; Recent American History; Union and Democracy: U.S. 1783-1845
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $9,306
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,732
- Example Classes:
Age of Alexander the Great; British Empire; Comparative Colonialism: Asia and Africa; Digital History; North American Frontiers 1500-1850; Renaissance and Reformation
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,251
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,118
- Example Classes:
Greek Experience; History Childhood/America; History Women in America; Studies Global History; Studies US After 1877; Studies US History To 1877
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $10,334
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 936
- Example Classes:
Ancient Civilizations; Border Issues in US/Mexico Relations; History and Politics of the Vietnam War; North American Relations in Perspective; The Drug Wars; World Politics
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $11,123
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,319
- Example Classes:
Civil War and Reconstruction; Colonial Africa; Historical Criticism and Historiography; History of the Caribbean; History of the South; U.S. Media History
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $11,655
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 197
- Example Classes:
American Commercial Maritime History: 1500 to Present; Maritime Piracy and Predation; Music of the Sea; The History of American Sea Power; The History of World Sea Power
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $11,835
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,198
- Example Classes:
Historical Research and Historiography; History of South Asia; History of U.S. Presidents; Readings in American History; Readings in World History
Online Master's Degrees (1)
#21
Gratz College
- Annual Tuition: $12,564
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 197
- Example Classes:
America’s Response to the Holocaust; Anne Frank: A History; Before Hitler: East European Jewish Civilization; Comparative Genocide; The Holocaust and European Mass Murder; The Native American Genocides
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $12,726
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,676
- Example Classes:
A Cultural History of Alcohol; American Women's History; Cultural Diversity in American History; Gilded Age America; Historiography; United States Since 1945
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,464
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 296
- Example Classes:
Advanced Research Methods; Applications I; Elements Of Scholarship
Online Master's Degrees (1)
- Annual Tuition: $13,560
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC and TRACS
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 28,706
- Example Classes:
American Economic History; Civil War & Reconstruction; Historical Methodology; Historical Methods and Interpretations; History of American Political Parties Since 1896; History of Slavery and Servitude in the Western World
Online Master's Degrees (1)
#25
Troy University
- Annual Tuition: $14,820
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,711
- Example Classes:
American Historiography; European Historiography; Historiography of Environmental History of the U.S; Historiography of Infectious Disease and History; Historiography of The Cold War; Research and Methodology
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