2022 Best Value Colleges for International Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value International Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 380 people earned their degree in international education, making the major the 291st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, international education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $51,040 and had an average of $37,857 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 7 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for International Education in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,617 Average Net Price

$39,948 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Ed Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Education Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $14,617 for Southwest Region International Ed students with aid.

Read full report on International Education at Sam Houston State University

• Best Value Colleges for International 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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