by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 7,368 people earned their degree in international studies, making the major the 100th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,198 and had an average of $21,594 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 378 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,524 and $23,004 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 354 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in international studies. That schools that top this list have a program in international studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The international studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree international studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Air Force Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado list. United States Air Force Academy is a small school located in USAF Academy, Colorado that handed out 57 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 180 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Christian University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado list. CCU is located in Lakewood, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s international studies degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international studies degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #5 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 49 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.
University of Northern Colorado landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado ranking. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 18 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Read more about International Studies at University of Northern Colorado
University of Denver landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in Colorado ranking. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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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