2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southwest region, there were 1,060 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,581 and $20,072 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 162 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in international studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international studies.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southwest Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 99 masters’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about International Studies at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s international studies degrees to 5 students in 2021-2022.
Read full report on International Studies at DBU
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 masters’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus International Studies Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about International Studies at University of Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 masters’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on International Studies at Texas State University
University of North Texas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about International Studies at UNT
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe 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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