International Relations & National Security at Harvard University

Every international relations and national security school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the international relations program at Harvard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 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.

Harvard International Relations & National Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in International Relations

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Harvard offers distance education options for international relations at the following degree levels:

Harvard International Relations & National Security Rankings

International Relations Student Demographics at Harvard

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

Harvard International Relations & National Security Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students earned a master's degree in international relations from Harvard. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

In the international relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	23
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• 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 MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Political Science Professors	1,020	$136,210
Political Scientists	50	$88,120

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 Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.