2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region

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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 the New England region, there were 443 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,670 and $24,414 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international studies.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the New England Region

1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.

Read more about International Studies at UMass Lowell

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 16 doctorate’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Full UMaine International Studies Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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