2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best International Relations & National Security School for You
International Relations & National Security is the #48 most popular major in the country with 5,010 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for international relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value International Relations & National Security Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for international relations majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best International Relations & National Security Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Norwich University the best value school in the New England Region for international relations and national security students. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Northfield.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Norwich are $44,020 per year.
Norwich excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great value for international relations and national security students. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Yale are $59,950 per year.
Yale also took the #5 spot in our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Harvard undergraduate students pay an average of $55,587 in tuition and fees each year.
Harvard also made our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.
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Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network are $13,392 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network also did well on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeastern University is a great value for international relations and national security students. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeastern are $57,592 a year.
Northeastern excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list.
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With a ranking of #6, Tufts University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for international relations and national security students. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in tuition and fees each year.
Tufts also claimed a spot on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Lowell are $33,624 per year.
Southern New Hampshire University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value international relations and national security programs. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.
SNHU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,380 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Rhode Island did quite well on this year’s best value schools for international relations and national security students. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $33,354 per year.
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Boston University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for international relations and national security students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.
Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Best International Relations & National Security Colleges by State
Explore the best international relations and national security schools for a specific state in the New England region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 575 |
Connecticut | 56 |
Rhode Island | 19 |
New Hampshire | 49 |
Vermont | 79 |
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International Relations & National Security Related Majors for International Relations
International Relations & National Security is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to International Relations
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 13 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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