2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution in the Southwest Region (With 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 Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,213 people earned their degree in peace studies and conflict resolution, making the major the 223rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, peace studies and conflict resolution graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,440 and had an average of $44,382 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 70 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,833 and $40,676 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in peace studies and conflict resolution. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality peace studies and conflict resolution programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the peace studies and conflict resolution program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree conflict resolution students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Abilene Christian University

Abilene, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$23,238 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Abilene Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Abilene, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s conflict resolution degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Abilene Christian did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Abilene Christian are $23,238, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,478 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,331 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Conflict Resolution Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution at Southern Methodist University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution (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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