International Relations at Harvard University

If you plan to study international relations, take a look at what Harvard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 30,391 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in International Relations section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard International Relations Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in International Relations

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Harvard offers distance education options for international relations at the following degree levels:

Harvard International Relations Rankings

International Relations Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the international relations majors at Harvard University.

Harvard International Relations Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of international relations master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	45
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Related Majors

• International Security

Careers That International Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in international relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Political Science Professors	1,020	$136,210
Political Scientists	50	$88,120

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Elisa.rolle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.