2024 Best International/Globalization Studies Schools
128Colleges in the United States
7,368Global Studies Degrees Awarded
International/Globalization Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #112 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 128 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for international/globalization studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 7,368 degrees in international/globalization studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great International/Globalization Studies School
Your choice of international/globalization studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for international/globalization studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your International/Globalization Studies Degree Level
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 International/Globalization Studies Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for International/Globalization Studies in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the global studies degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student pursuing a degree in international/globalization studies has to look into University of Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 117 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
University of California - Berkeley is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in international/globalization studies. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 135 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
University of Notre Dame is a good option for students interested in a degree in international/globalization studies. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 61 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in international/globalization studies. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 64 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
UCSD is a very large public university located in the city of La Jolla. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were about 585 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 293 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 209 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 198 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 42 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the city of Irvine. This university ranks 15th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 172 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 67 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Waterville, Colby is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 29 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at Colby in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 95 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 90 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
Boston College is a large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill. This college ranks 8th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 86 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at Boston College in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 201 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent data year.
ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe. This university ranks 2nd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 165 international/globalization studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of international/globalization studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for international/globalization studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
