Prepare for a dynamic career with an MA in history
Through this engaging graduate program, which can be completed fully online, you will benetit trom quality instruction and mentorship trom 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 wil prepare you to excel in vour career
The program includes thesis and non-thesis (comprehensive portfolio) 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
How much does it cost to get a Master's in History from UNK?
In-State
Estimated Cost: $12,833.50**
Credit Hours: 30 | Estimated Fees: $1,763.50
Cost per Credit: $369
*Cost estimates are based on 2026-27 tuition and fees across a two-year program completion timeline. Estimate does not include indirect costs. Additional Course Fees may apply. For a more detailed estimate, see the full graduate costs page.
Out of State
Estimated Cost: $19,493.50**
Credit Hours: 30 | Estimated Fees: $1,763.50
Cost per Credit: $591
*Cost estimates are based on 2026-27 tuition and fees across a two-year program completion timeline. Estimate does not include indirect costs. Additional Course Fees may apply. For a more detailed estimate, see the full graduate costs page.
Program Information
Accelerated History M.A. Program
Streamline your educational journey and save money by earning your History M.A alongside your Bachelor's, completing the program in just 5 years with the Accelerated 4+1 program.
Connect with a program advisor
Let's start the conversation about your Public History Master's! Request information and connect with Caroline, the online academic program advisor, to get more details and figure out if UNK's program is right for you.
What can I do with a Master's in History?
- History Researcher
- Museum Director
- Library Archivist
- Government Historian
- Community College Instructor
- Political Analyst
- Lecturer
- consultant
- Historical Preservationist
- Historical Interpreter
- Community 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."
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