2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education in the Great Lakes Region

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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 Great Lakes region, there were 29 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,099 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended International Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular international education programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended International Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for International Education in the Great Lakes Region

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

#25 overall quality in Great Lakes

$55,099 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended International Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Loyola University Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Education at Loyola University Chicago

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

#10 overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended International Ed Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Located in Bloomington, Indiana, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s international ed students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Indiana University - Bloomington International Education Report

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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

• *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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