2024 Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Doctor's Degree Schools
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Colleges in the United States
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Doctor's Degrees
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolutiondoctorate programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #184 out of the 306 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for peace studies & conflict resolution students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 23 doctor's degrees in peace studies & conflict resolution to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution School for Your Doctor's Degree
The conflict resolution doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on peace studies & conflict resolution students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other peace studies & conflict resolution students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt peace studies & conflict resolution students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized peace studies & conflict resolution related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for peace studies & conflict resolution students working on their doctor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.