2022 Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Tennessee, there were 25 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international and comparative education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international and comparative education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for International & Comparative Education in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$19,432 Average Net Price

$67,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 25 ’s international and comparative education degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best International & Comparative Education Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,432 for Tennessee International and Comparative Education students with aid per year to attend Vanderbilt.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read full report on International & Comparative Education at Vanderbilt University

• Best Value Colleges for International & Comparative Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for International & Comparative Education (With Aid)

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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