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2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

There are about 2,691 students enrolled in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution in the USA.

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popularity

Below Average

Compared to national avg.

Diplomas received last year

1,343

Vs. National Avg.

-92%

popularity Rank

#258

cost

Somewhat Expensive

Compared to national avg.

Median degree cost

$36K

Vs. National Avg.

50%

cost Rank

#55

salary

Above Average

Compared to national avg.

Average Salary Two Years Out of School

$46K

Vs. National Avg.

16%

salary Rank

#108

professors

Average

Compared to national avg.

Professor Rating

C+

Vs. National Avg.

9%

professors Rank

#154

students

Average

Compared to national avg.

Diversity Rating

B-

Vs. National Avg.

4%

students Rank

#149

SUMMARY

Going to school for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution is not only a valuable choice, but typically an essential first step for pupils coveting to begin a career as a campaign manager, a diplomat, or a dispute resolution specialist. Interestingly, peace studies and conflict resolution is a ​unique degree coming in at the 255th most popular major. Last academic year alone, there were 609 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates. In-state tuition for peace studies and conflict resolution at private schools is, on average, 4.5 times more expensive than their public equivalents.

With only 63 institutions having programs for peace studies and conflict resolution there might be a smaller selection of institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you're looking to surround yourself with other peace studies and conflict resolution undergraduates, consider looking at schools in North Carolina which have more undergraduates admitted to peace studies and conflict resolution than any other state. More generally, the best region to study peace studies and conflict resolution is in the Southeast region with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and George Mason University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the best conference to major in peace studies and conflict resolution is the Atlantic Coast Conference with University of Notre Dame representing the conference. On that topic, our choice for the best university for peace studies and conflict resolution is Georgetown University. You may also want to check out our list of best colleges.

The objectively best school might not actually be the 'best' school for every student. There might be tons more perspectives to think about when choosing college. Things such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food might alter your decision of where to go to school. Here at authority.org, we have evaluated the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which peace studies and conflict resolution school has the top campus, the answer is Georgetown University. If you are very interested in which school has the finest campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through professor reviews, government databases, student reviews, and more to evaluate all U.S. majors in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our well researched list for the schools with the best student life&nbspand, from that list, our pick for the school with the best student life for peace studies and conflict resolution is Georgetown University. Curious why? Continue scrolling to find out more about Authority's top choices. Many of our decisions might surprise you.

If expense is a significant deciding factor in your choice of where you attend college, you might consider avoiding Colgate University. Colgate University&nbspappears to be our most expensive college for peace studies and conflict resolution, at least for out of state attendance. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive&nbspschools that could put the cost at Colgate University&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you may care to know that peace studies and conflict resolution is the 73rd most expensive program in the US, with an average expense of $42,900. On a broader scale, the most costly state for peace studies and conflict resolution nationally is New York with costs at the primary institution, Colgate University, of $57,695. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region for peace studies and conflict resolution is the New England region which is best demonstrated with University of Massachusetts-Lowell with a cost of $33,004, Tufts University with a cost of $57,324, and Wellesley College with a cost of $55,728.

Our cheapest region for peace studies and conflict resolution is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Regis University with a cost of $37,830 and University of Utah with a cost of $26,017. In better news, the most affordable university for peace studies and conflict resolution is Salisbury University. Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable colleges can be found here.

In-state attendees can anticipate paying in the neighborhood of $10,900 for a degree in peace studies and conflict resolution. That cost inflates intensely to a median of $29,700 for an out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our selection for the university with the best value for peace studies and conflict resolution: Georgetown University. Through this link you will find our comprehensive list about the universities we see as being the best value&nbspoverall. That being said, this idea is based on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when it comes to in-state tuition, as such, we are using out-of-state tuition as the baseline.

Earnings for peace studies and conflict resolution majors vary a lot, but within two years finishing the degree students will typically make around $61,100. There can be a lot of variation in salary; highest paid earners can experience pay up to $111,700. Straight out of university, the minimum earning positions within the peace studies and conflict resolution field make $33,000, which is an alright wage. The highest earning graduates from peace studies and conflict resolution graduated from Georgetown University&nbspand if you want to find the universities with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The general diversity of peace studies and conflict resolution is on the higher end, falling within the 62nd percentile of majors nationally. The school with the most composite diversity for peace studies and conflict resolution is Swarthmore College&nbspand here you can find our general list for the schools with the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution is only within the 45th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is actually greater, ranking in the 54th percentile. White students make up the largest proportion, 61%, of students studying peace studies and conflict resolution. Additionally, 64% of scholars seeking a peace studies and conflict resolution major are women.

The median ranking of peace studies and conflict resolution professors is 4 stars, which is exactly the median score for every major; this is a fine. If you are looking for the most popular peace studies and conflict resolution professor in the country, consider looking up Rayna Dexter from Texas A & M University-College Station. It might be surprising, but the top rated peace studies and conflict resolution professors by student come from George Mason University. If we incorporate data beyond basic rankings it becomes clear that the school with comprehensively the best professors for peace studies and conflict resolution is University of Notre Dame. One will find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, along with some of the best instructors nationwide.

Finally, the most difficult university to get into for peace studies and conflict resolution is Swarthmore College. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we have a comprehensive page for the hardest colleges to get into. But, we hope you believe that considering university with a lens primarily informed by superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental problems. We at Authority hope you explore our other pages on different schools and explore a few of our helpful background pages on beneficial details to look for as your university search continues.

Top 25 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

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A+

Rating

#1 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Georgetown University

Washington, DC | www.georgetown.edu/

17%

Acceptance

22,720

Students

#19

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#2 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN | www.nd.edu/

19%

Acceptance

13,268

Students

#16

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A

Rating

#3 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA | https://www2.gmu.edu/

89%

Acceptance

49,755

Students

#296

Ranking

$37K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#4 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA | www.wellesley.edu/

20%

Acceptance

2,735

Students

#31

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#5 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA | www.swarthmore.edu/

9%

Acceptance

1,689

Students

#36

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#6 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Tufts University

Medford, MA | https://www.tufts.edu/

16%

Acceptance

13,458

Students

#37

Ranking

$61K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#7 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA | www.berkeley.edu/

17%

Acceptance

45,878

Students

#55

Ranking

$44K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#8 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC | www.unc.edu/

25%

Acceptance

32,160

Students

#69

Ranking

$36K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#9 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY | https://www.colgate.edu/

27%

Acceptance

3,112

Students

#51

Ranking

$60K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#10 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Villanova University

Villanova, PA | www.villanova.edu/

31%

Acceptance

12,231

Students

#64

Ranking

$57K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#11 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX | https://www.smu.edu/

53%

Acceptance

12,963

Students

#100

Ranking

$59K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#12 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA | www.holycross.edu/

38%

Acceptance

3,098

Students

#75

Ranking

$55K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#13 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

George Washington University

Washington, DC | https://www.gwu.edu/

43%

Acceptance

32,209

Students

#68

Ranking

$59K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#14 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA | https://www.brandeis.edu/

33%

Acceptance

6,403

Students

#65

Ranking

$58K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#15 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA | www.sandiego.edu/

59%

Acceptance

10,181

Students

#165

Ranking

$53K

Tuition

B+

Rating

#16 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH | www.uc.edu/

76%

Acceptance

46,140

Students

#632

Ranking

$27K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#17 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

American University

Washington, DC | www.american.edu/

39%

Acceptance

16,032

Students

#94

Ranking

$51K

Tuition

A

Rating

#18 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT | www.utah.edu/

79%

Acceptance

38,335

Students

#354

Ranking

$27K

Tuition

A

Rating

#19 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Creighton University

Omaha, NE | https://www.creighton.edu/

64%

Acceptance

10,225

Students

#207

Ranking

$43K

Tuition

A

Rating

#20 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN | www.depauw.edu/

68%

Acceptance

1,998

Students

#186

Ranking

$53K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#21 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR | https://oregonstate.edu/

82%

Acceptance

37,586

Students

#432

Ranking

$31K

Tuition

A

Rating

#22 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, FL | daytonabeach.erau.edu/

61%

Acceptance

7,521

Students

#312

Ranking

$38K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#23 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Chapman University

Orange, CA | https://www.chapman.edu/

58%

Acceptance

10,654

Students

#133

Ranking

$57K

Tuition

B

Rating

#24 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY | www.louisville.edu/

65%

Acceptance

25,451

Students

#826

Ranking

$29K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#25 2024 Best Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN | https://www.lipscomb.edu/

62%

Acceptance

5,876

Students

#408

Ranking

$35K

Tuition

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