2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended International and Comparative Education Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in international and comparative education, making the major the 724th 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 $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended International and Comparative Education Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in international and comparative education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in international and comparative education.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended International and Comparative Education Major for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international and comparative education students.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#3 overall quality in United States

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended International and Comparative Education Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s international and comparative education degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about International & Comparative Education at Duke University

2

Avila University
Kansas City, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Avila University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended International and Comparative Education Major for a Bachelor’s. Avila University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on International & Comparative Education at Avila University

2

Anderson University Indiana
Anderson, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University Indiana. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended International and Comparative Education Major for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Anderson, Indiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s international and comparative education degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on International & Comparative Education at Anderson University Indiana

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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