2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 96 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $18,300 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 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 Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best International Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Studies at GMU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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