2022 Best Value Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Schools for a Master’s

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 31 people earned their degree in regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign), making the major the 1076th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree regional studies (u.s., canadian, foreign students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign)

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s regional studies (U.S., Canadian, foreign) degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston University Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) Report

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.

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