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

8 Ranked Colleges
246 Degrees Awarded
$60,367 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

International Studies is the 100th most popular major in the country with 7,368 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 246 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 8 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in the Southeast Region

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Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Studies at Southern Adventist

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Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, Florida

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Palm Beach Atlantic University landed the #2 spot on the list. Palm Beach Atlantic University is a small school located in West Palm Beach, Florida that handed out 8 masters’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic

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American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. American Public University System is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 113 masters’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

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Columbia International University
Columbia, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 2 masters’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 CIU

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George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s international studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Studies at GMU

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Florida International University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. FIU is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about International Studies at FIU

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With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 11 masters’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, 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 95%.

Read more about International Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

East Carolina University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Studies Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on International Studies at ECU

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