International Relations & National Security at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and has a total student population of 26,434. In 2021, 85 international relations majors received their bachelor's degree from UCR.

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

UCR International Relations & National Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations

UCR International Relations & National Security Rankings

The international relations major at UCR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Relations & National Security. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Earnings of UCR International Relations Graduates

The median salary of international relations students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCR is $26,867. This is less than $35,647, which is the national average of all international relations majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

International Relations Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of international relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical international relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities in its international relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Riverside with a bachelor's in international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCR also has a doctoral program available in international relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics
• Sociology

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Riverside.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Political Science Professors	860	$112,360
Political Scientists	160	$74,060

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.