by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Intelligence is the 269th most popular major in the country with 2,261 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 432 general intelligence graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general intelligence. That schools that top this list have a program in general intelligence in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree intelligence students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major list. Mercyhurst University is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s intelligence degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 130 masters’s intelligence degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major list. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 masters’s intelligence degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major. American Military University is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 230 masters’s intelligence degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read full report on General Intelligence at American Public University System
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s intelligence degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Intelligence at Point Park University
Norwich University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 15 masters’s intelligence degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Intelligence Major ranking. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 0 masters’s intelligence degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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