International & Global Studies
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of International & Global Studies degree recipients are San Diego, CA, Charles Town, WV, and Austin, TX. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of International & Global Studies degree recipients are Danville, KY, Air Force Academy, CO, and Sewanee, TN. The most common degree awarded to students studying International & Global Studies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in International & Global Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of California-San Diego (110680) awards the most degrees in International & Global Studies in the US, but Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education and California State University Maritime Academy have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in International & Global Studies.
Tuition costs for International & Global Studies majors are, on average, $8,295 for in-state public colleges, and $38,950 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers International & Global Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (226 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (4,551 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in International & Global Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (4,551 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer International & Global Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of California-San Diego (110680) has the most International & Global Studies degree recipients, with 537 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in International & Global Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer International & Global Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in International & Global Studies, with 11%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for International & Global Studies.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies (3,107 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in International & Global Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Interdisciplinary Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in International & Global Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in International & Global Studies for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in International & Global Studies.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Latvia that hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees (4.18 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (25,807 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the International & Global Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. International & Global Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that International & Global Studies majors need more than the average amount of Science, Operations Analysis, and Active Learning.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for International & Global Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Science is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
