Best International Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges in the United States

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the United States that made our Best International Studies Doctor's Degree Schools list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Choosing a Great International Studies School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of international studies for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good 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.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to international studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other international studies 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 easy is it for international studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for international studies students working on their doctor's degree.

Insufficient Data for the United States

As a result of lacking data, we couldn't provide you with the international studies quality ranking. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the United States that both offer international studies and provided enough information for us to do a proper analysis.

International Studies by Region

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International Studies Related Rankings by Major

One of 51 majors within the Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies area of study, International Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

International Studies Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
International/Globalization Studies	16

Majors Similar to International Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	196
Nutrition Science	178
Behavioral Science	150
Computational Science	91
Biological & Physical Science	83
Cognitive Science	76
Interdisciplinary Studies	71
Geography and Environmental Studies	52
Sustainability Science	50
Systems Theory	41

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Yerpo. More about our data sources and methodologies.