2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Graduate Certificate School for You

International Relations & National Security is the #61 most popular major in Illinois with 158 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value International Relations & National Security Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best International Relations & National Security Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

92 Graduate Certificates

#2 in Quality in Illinois

$63,936 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the best value school in Illinois for international relations and national security students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.

UChicago also made our Best International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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