2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Security is the 548th most popular major in the country with 775 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Southeast region, there were 142 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in international security. That schools that top this list have a program in international security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree international security students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Security in the Southeast Region

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 76 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.

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%.

Full Liberty University International Security Report

2

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 13 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Read more about International Security at East Carolina University

3

Fairmont State University
Fairmont, West Virginia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Security Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fairmont State is a small public school situated in Fairmont, West Virginia. It awarded 1 masters’s international security degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Fairmont State International Security Report

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

• *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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