2024 Best International Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
6Doctor's Degrees
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Doctor's Degree in international education. It is ranked #239 out of 306 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for international education students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 6 doctor's degrees in international education to qualified students.
Choosing a Great International Education School for Your Doctor's Degree
The international ed doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on international education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other international education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt international education students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for international education students working on their doctor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best International Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study International Education in the Middle Atlantic Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for international education students seeking a a doctor's degree.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in International Ed
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).