2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in the Plains States Region
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International Relations is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 12,541 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 323 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international relations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree international relations students.
Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s international relations degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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