2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Massachusetts, there were 362 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,200 and $27,336 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 104 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in Massachusetts

#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 Massachusetts list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and 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 Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $24,938, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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