International Relations & National Security at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying international relations and national security, you may want to check out the program at Carnegie Mellon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received their master's degree in international relations.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in International Relations & National Security section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon International Relations & National Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in International Relations

Carnegie Mellon International Relations & National Security Rankings

International Relations Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the international relations majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon International Relations & National Security Master’s Program

Of the 4 international relations students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carnegie Mellon, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the international relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 50% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Economics

Careers That International Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in international relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Political Science Professors	540	$100,620
Political Scientists	100	$102,110

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.