2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southeast Region
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
International Studies is the 100th most popular major in the country with 6,614 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. 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 Southeast region, there were 1,181 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,881 and $21,760 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international studies. That schools that top this list have a program in international studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree international studies students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s international studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read full report on International Studies at Florida International University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. American Military University is a large private for-profit school situated in Charles Town, West Virginia. It awarded 245 doctorate’s international studies degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full American Public University System International Studies Report
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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
- *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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