2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southeast region, there were 1,386 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,313 and $22,390 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international studies programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree international studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Studies at Florida International University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies (With Aid)

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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