2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education 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 “Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Education is the 291st most popular major in the country with 380 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 69 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,400 and $9,965 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank International Education Schools

The international ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Ed Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s international ed degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on International Education at Vanderbilt

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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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