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Most Popular Schools for International Relations and Affairs Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, international law and organization, the comparative study of specific countries and regions, and the theory and practice of diplomacy.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 George Washington University 910 10% $71,930
2 American University 751 21% $66,268
3 Johns Hopkins University 733 9% $71,901
4 Georgetown University 455 8% $73,840
5 Tufts University 377 13% $73,500
6 Florida State University 352 3% $22,168
7 Florida International University 263 2% $23,506
8 University of Georgia 240 2% $26,688
9 Boston University 236 2% $72,618
10 George Mason University 227 2% $30,284
11 University of Denver 217 6% $67,656
12 University of Virginia-Main Campus 204 3% $33,493
13 New York University 198 1% $73,566
14 Columbia University in the City of New York 198 2% $76,856
15 University of Southern California 188 1% $74,825
16 American Public University System 178 2% $6,880
17 University of California-San Diego 162 2% $32,838
18 Ohio State University-Main Campus 161 1% $27,367
19 University of California-Davis 160 2% $35,177
20 Syracuse University 141 2% $70,636
21 Texas A & M University-College Station 139 1% $29,506
22 Fordham University 138 3% $74,265
23 Norwich University 118 9% $58,054
24 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 117 1% $36,652
25 San Francisco State University 115 2% $27,480
26 Seton Hall University 110 5% $59,670
27 University of South Florida-Main Campus 102 1% $23,320
28 Michigan State University 95 1% $28,862
29 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott 95 21% $53,046
30 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 94 1% $26,834
31 James Madison University 90 2% $27,356
32 Webster University 89 2% $45,762
33 Miami University-Oxford 89 2% $33,229
34 University of Chicago 88 2% $78,555
35 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 85 1% $27,898
36 Northeastern University 83 1% $70,592
37 Loyola University Chicago 79 2% $61,328
38 Indiana University-Bloomington 77 1% $24,779
39 Yale University 76 2% $73,900
40 College of William and Mary 72 3% $39,221
41 The New School 70 2% $71,361
42 CUNY City College 69 2% $29,967
43 Stanford University 69 2% $71,587
44 Troy University 66 2% $20,147
45 University of California-Riverside 65 1% $35,242
46 Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey 63 16% N/A
47 Virginia Military Institute 62 15% $31,494
48 University of Miami 61 1% $68,460
49 The University of Texas at Austin 59 0% $26,506
50 SUNY College at Geneseo 56 5% $25,761
51 Duke University 55 1% $74,339
52 Brown University 55 2% $73,802
53 Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix 55 2% $29,984
54 Occidental College 54 11% $74,132
55 Institute of World Politics 51 100% N/A
56 University of San Francisco 50 2% $68,296
57 Old Dominion University 46 1% $26,456
58 University of Pennsylvania 46 1% $74,408
59 University of Delaware 46 1% $29,342
60 Tulane University of Louisiana 46 1% $72,296
61 Kennesaw State University 46 1% $25,773
62 DePaul University 45 1% $57,678
63 Baylor University 44 1% $62,527
64 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 44 1% $30,913
65 Portland State University 43 1% $26,085
66 Marquette University 43 2% $58,057
67 Grand Valley State University 43 1% $24,948
68 University of Arkansas 43 1% $25,500
69 Carleton College 42 9% $71,325
70 The University of Alabama 42 0% $29,872
71 Harvard University 42 1% $71,650
72 University of North Georgia 42 1% $20,492
73 The University of West Florida 41 1% $19,014
74 St. Mary's University 40 6% $45,320
75 Towson University 39 1% $26,834
76 Middlebury College 39 5% $71,980
77 University of South Carolina-Columbia 39 0% $28,301
78 Liberty University 39 0% $40,075
79 Emory University 38 1% $69,502
80 University of Mississippi 38 1% $25,436
81 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 37 1% $28,776
82 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 37 1% $15,828
83 University of Rochester 36 1% $72,721
84 Northern Arizona University 35 0% $27,266
85 California State University-Chico 34 1% $24,624
86 Brigham Young University-Provo 34 0% $18,776
87 Lewis & Clark College 33 5% $66,526
88 Dickinson College 33 6% $71,339
89 University of San Diego 33 1% $67,498
90 University of Puget Sound 32 5% $65,616
91 The College of New Jersey 31 1% $34,992
92 University of Kentucky 30 0% $30,101
93 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 30 0% $33,503
94 University of Nevada-Reno 30 1% $25,039
95 Lafayette College 28 4% $71,270
96 University of Bridgeport 27 2% $55,583
97 Vassar College 27 5% $72,760
98 Claremont McKenna College 27 8% $73,810
99 SIT Graduate Institute 27 16% N/A
100 University of Mary Washington 26 2% $28,626

This list indicates the number of students that completed the International Relations and Affairs program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.