2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Plains States Region
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International Studies is the 95th most popular major in the country with 7,874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,355 and had an average of $22,904 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 509 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,886 and $20,408 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 459 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 17 colleges that offered a degree in international studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 17 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Plains States Region
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree International Studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a public institution located in Moorhead, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
MSU Moorhead not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,893 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend MSU Moorhead.
The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Winona State is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
Winona State also made our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $17,656 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend Winona State.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Saint Cloud State University is a fairly large school located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 5 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
St. Cloud State University also made our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #14. The yearly cost to attend Saint Cloud State University is $14,267 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international studies degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.
UNOMAHA also made our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha is $14,040 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
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Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Missouri State University - Springfield is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Missouri State also took the #17 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State is $16,725 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international studies students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students list, UNL has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree International Studies students per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #8, Kansas State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s international studies students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students list, K -State has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend K -State.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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University of Kansas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 28 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
KU also made our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $18,918 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend University of Kansas.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
University of Iowa ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 33 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Iowa is $19,145 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Webster University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Webster is $22,768 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Concordia University, Nebraska came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Seward, Nebraska, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Concordia University, Nebraska not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Concordia University, Nebraska is $20,763 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
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Concordia College at Moorhead did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Moorhead, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international studies students in 2019-2020.
Concordia College Moorhead not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $23,029 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend Concordia College Moorhead.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Luther College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Luther College is a small school located in Decorah, Iowa that handed out 6 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Luther did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Luther College is $23,620 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
Hamline University landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Hamline not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hamline University is $20,866 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree International Studies students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Macalester College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #16. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Macalester, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $28,426 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students per year to attend Macalester.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Washington University in St Louis came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Washington University in St Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Washington University in St Louis is $26,869 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international studies students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
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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%.
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- *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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