When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in dispute resolution sits in the middle of the road, ranking #185 out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Dispute Resolution Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 67 master's degrees in dispute resolution during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to dispute resolution students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of dispute resolution students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt dispute resolution students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dispute resolution related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for dispute resolution students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dispute Resolution Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Dispute Resolution in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for dispute resolution students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Dispute Resolution
It is difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a master's degree in dispute resolution. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.
Students who graduate with their master's from the dispute resolution program report average early career wages of $56,215.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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