2024 Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Schools in the Southwest Region

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for peace studies & conflict resolution students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 degrees in peace studies & conflict resolution during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution in the Southwest Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the conflict resolution degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Conflict Resolution

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35.0% Growth in Graduates

$49,815 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in peace studies & conflict resolution has to check out Southern Methodist University. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Graduates who receive their degree from the conflict resolution program earn an average of $49,815 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in peace studies & conflict resolution from Southern Methodist University

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Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Conflict Resolution Degrees Awarded

42.4% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in peace studies & conflict resolution has to check out Abilene Christian University. Located in the medium-sized city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in peace studies & conflict resolution from Abilene Christian University

Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Colleges by State

Explore the best peace studies & conflict resolution schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

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Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Related Rankings by Major

Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Conflict Resolution Focus Areas

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.