2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the New England Region

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In 2021-2022, 6,614 people earned their degree in international studies, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In , international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,413 and had an average of $23,173 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 501 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,670 and $26,904 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the New England Region

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s international studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Studies at UMass Lowell

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 18 doctorate’s international studies degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Studies at University of Maine

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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