Prepare for a dynamic career with an MA in history
A master’s degree program in history teaches you to interpret historical evidence, connect events and ideas, think critically and communicate effectively. Through this engaging graduate program, which can be completed fully online, you will benefit from quality instruction and mentorship from UNK history faculty who care about your academic and professional success. A combination of history coursework and research along with opportunities to collaborate and network will prepare you to excel in your career.
The program includes thesis, non-thesis or public history options to fit your interests, whether for positions in education, museums, business, law, government or further graduate studies.
Prerequisites: A bachelor’s degree with at least 18 hours of history
Accelerated History M.A. Program
Earn your History M.A alongside your Bachelor's, completing the program in just 5 years with the Accelerated 4+1 program. Learn more about accelerated programs at UNK.
Career Opportunities with a Master's in History
- History Researcher
- Public Historian
- Museum Curator
- Museum Director
- Library Archivist
- Government Historian
- Community College Instructor
- Lecturer
- Political Analyst
- Consultant
- Historical Interpreter
- Historical Preservationist
- Community Historian
- Oral Historian
- Cultural Resource Manager
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"There's a lot of opportunity (in UNK's graduate History program) just to collaborate with the program. For a lot of students, they might not have a lot of that hands on working with a museum, working as a nonprofit, working on the projects...And so having students have that availability to work with artifacts, work with a budget, work with different things like that, that you don't really get taught from a book, is invaluable."
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"My experiences in the program have been amazing. I literally could not think of a better program for me. The professors, the other graduate students are very helpful and supportive. If they're going to critique you, they do it always constructively. They always are there to help you. I know I can go to any professor in the department with a question and they're readily available to help me, they want to help me." -
"We're all over the United States, and actually some of the students are international. So we really get diverse perspectives on things. It's not everybody's situated in one little town. That has created amazing debates in class where we've taken different cultural aspects of the places where we live and brought it into a discussion of history." -
"I was looking for convenience, because I live in central Minnesota and there's not a whole lot of MA programs around for history. That's what first drew me to UNK, but what kept me there was the fact that everything was of the highest quality. All of the professors, and this is across the board, they are willing to spend so much time with you. If you contact them and say, "Hey, I'm not understanding this part of it," or, "I'm not getting this perspective so can you explain it a little bit more?" They're more than happy to do that. They're glad to do it and they're excited to share what they know with you." -
"The M.A. in History at UNK is a great program. It is rigorous, but that is what you want in a masters program. It shouldn't be a piece of cake. Faculty are very inclusive and encouraging of all students, they want you to succeed not only in your degree, but in your career as a Historian as well."
Benefits of a Master's Degree
A graduate degree helps you advance your career by qualifying for higher positions with additional leadership opportunities. The median salary for those with master’s degrees is 16% higher than for those with an undergraduate degree, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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