2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies in North Carolina

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In 2020-2021, 7,368 people earned their degree in international/globalization studies, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 278 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Global Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international/globalization studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular international/globalization studies programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Global Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree global studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies in North Carolina

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Global Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 11 masters’s global studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UNC Chapel Hill International/Globalization Studies Report

2

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Global Studies Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s global studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full ECU International/Globalization Studies Report

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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

• *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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