2022 Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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International & Comparative Education is the 666th most popular major in the country with 380 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 32 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international and comparative education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international and comparative education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international and comparative education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international and comparative education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s international and comparative education degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University Chicago are $19,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education (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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