2022 Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,874 people earned their degree in international/globalization studies, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 893 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international/globalization studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international/globalization studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$57,522 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 36 masters’s global studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also made our “Best International/Globalization Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about International/Globalization Studies at Notre Dame

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies

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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