2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

International Studies is the 95th most popular major in the country with 7,874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,355 and had an average of $22,904 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 315 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,025 and $49,787 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$186,090 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. UPenn is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 63 masters’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on International Studies at University of Pennsylvania

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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