2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 893 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,100 and $25,004 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree international studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$57,522 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 36 masters’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Studies at Notre Dame

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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

• *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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