2022 Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2019-2020, 380 people earned their degree in international and comparative education, making the major the 666th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 235 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in international and comparative education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international and comparative education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international and comparative education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International & Comparative Education in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Lehigh is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about International & Comparative Education at Lehigh University

#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s international and comparative education degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best International & Comparative Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Read more about International & Comparative Education at NYU

#3

Teachers College at Columbia University

New York, New York

#3 in overall quality

$42,910 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value International and Comparative Education Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Teachers College at Columbia University landed the #3 spot on the list. Teachers College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Teachers College also made our “Best International & Comparative Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Teachers College at Columbia University are $42,910, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Teachers College International & Comparative Education Report

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

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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