2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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 North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 324 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,950 and $22,962 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in North Carolina

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2019-2020.

ECU also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685.

Full ECU International Studies Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248.

Read full report on International Studies at UNC Chapel Hill

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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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