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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$34,320 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,371 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, international relations and national security students earned 998 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for international relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value International Relations & National Security Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in International Relations & Security

#1

Institute of World Politics

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Institute of World Politics to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. Institute of World Politics is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Institute of World Politics are $31,600 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU also made our Best International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

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#3

American University

Washington, DC

Out of the 3 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University also made our Best International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value International Relations & National Security Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 533
Pennsylvania 59
Maryland 589
New Jersey 67

International Relations & National Security is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools 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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