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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,146 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,002 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 87 degrees and certificates were awarded to international relations and national security students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #69 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for international relations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full International Relations & National Security at East Carolina University Report

Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full International Relations & National Security at North Carolina State University Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at Duke University

Best Value International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 211
Florida 86
Georgia 62
Tennessee 19
Kentucky 27
Alabama 75
South Carolina 2
West Virginia 0

One of 12 majors within the area of study, international relations and national security has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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