by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on International Security Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
International Security is the 548th most popular major in the country with 659 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 81 international security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on International Security Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international security. That schools that top this list have a program in international security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Schools Highly Focused on International Security Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region international security students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on International Security Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Vermont. It awarded 20 ’s international security degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on International Security Major in the New England Region. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 46 degrees to qualified ’s international security students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell International Security Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on International Security Major in the New England Region. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified ’s international security students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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