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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region

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78 Degrees Awarded
$50,874 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region

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

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the New England Region

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 60 masters’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 full report on International Studies at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s international studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Studies at University of Maine

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Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Brandeis University International Studies Report

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Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region list. New Britain, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about International Studies at CCSU

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about International Studies at UNH

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