by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 775 people earned their degree in international security, making the major the 548th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 28 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in international security. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international security program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Notre Dame College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 0 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s international security students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Full University of Akron Main Campus International Security Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 0 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
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