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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education (Income $30-$48k)

2 Ranked Colleges
36 Degrees Awarded
$6,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 380 people earned their degree in international and comparative education, making the major the 666th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international and comparative education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international and comparative education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international and comparative education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international and comparative education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international and comparative education degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best International & Comparative Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Duke is $-1,314 for bachelor’s degree international and comparative education students whose families make $30-$48k. The negative number means the student will receive more financial aid on average than it costs to attend the school.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#2

Avila University

Kansas City, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Avila University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international and comparative education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Avila not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Avila University is $15,053 for Bachelor’s Degree International and Comparative Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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