2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Education

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in international education, making the major the 302nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, international education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,867 and had an average of $12,250 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in international education. That schools that top this list have a program in international education 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major

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

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Education

1

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#3 overall quality in United States

$42,961 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,250 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s international ed degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on International Education at Duke University

2

Avila University
Kansas City, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Avila University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major. Avila is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 0 bachelors’s international ed degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Avila University International Education Report

2

Anderson University Indiana
Anderson, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University Indiana. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major. Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Anderson, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about International Education at Anderson University Indiana

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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