When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in peace studies & conflict resolution sits in the middle of the road, ranking #158 out of 343 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for peace studies & conflict resolution students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 master's degrees in peace studies & conflict resolution during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to peace studies & conflict resolution students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other peace studies & conflict resolution students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt peace studies & conflict resolution students go into to obtain their master'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 complete 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 master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a good choice for students interested in a master's degree in peace studies & conflict resolution. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public university with a large student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the conflict resolution program make about $43,830 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
