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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$36,298 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,002 Avg Salary

Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 59 degrees and certificates were awarded to international relations and national security students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #116 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value International Relations & National Security Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in International Relations & Security

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Pennsylvania. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon graduate students pay an average of $47,347 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at Carnegie Mellon University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Pitt are $25,248 a year.

Full International Relations & National Security at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 533
Maryland 589
New Jersey 67
District of Columbia 998

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 2 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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