2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International/Globalization Studies is the 112th most popular major in the country with 7,368 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 443 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international/globalization studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international/globalization studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies in the New England Region

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s global studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad 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 full report on International/Globalization Studies at UMass Lowell

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Global Studies Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 16 doctorate’s global studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 University of Maine

• Most Focused Doctor’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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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