2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies in Maryland

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

International/Globalization Studies is the 99th most popular major in the country with 7,874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 69 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international/globalization studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international/globalization studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international/globalization studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree global studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$19,082 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s global studies degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

UMBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International/Globalization Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County is $19,082 for maryland bachelor’s degree global studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$19,617 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Salisbury University landed the #2 spot on the list. Salisbury University is located in Salisbury, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s global studies degrees to qualified students.

Salisbury also took the #2 spot in our “Best International/Globalization Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Salisbury is $19,617 for maryland bachelor’s degree global studies students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

Read more about International/Globalization Studies at Salisbury

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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

• *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.

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