2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 1,325 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,881 and $21,218 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region”.

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

1

Florida International University
Miami, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s international studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full FIU International Studies Report

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

#20 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. American Public University System is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 234 doctorate’s international studies degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about International Studies at American Public University System

• 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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