by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,175 people earned their degree in peace studies and conflict resolution, making the major the 231st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, peace studies and conflict resolution graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,590 and had an average of $21,045 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 143 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,553 and $24,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in peace studies and conflict resolution. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in peace studies and conflict resolution.
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The conflict resolution school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 13 masters’s conflict resolution degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s conflict resolution degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Conflict Resolution Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 17 masters’s conflict resolution degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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