2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,874 people earned their degree in international studies, making the major the 95th most popular in the United States. 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 New England region, there were 489 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,586 and $24,594 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 121 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree international studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the New England Region

#1

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$24,938 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,108 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 104 masters’s international studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on International Studies at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

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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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