2022 Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 69 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international and comparative education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international and comparative education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international and comparative education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s international and comparative education degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624.

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#2

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 7 masters’s international and comparative education degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about International & Comparative Education at FIU

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

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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