2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 14 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in international education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international education.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education in the Southwest Region

1

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about International Education at Sam Houston State University

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 7 masters’s international ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Education at Northern Arizona University

3

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Ed Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #3 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Education at ASU - Skysong

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International 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

• *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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