International Relations & National Security at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 16,259 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in international relations from UMass Boston.

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.

UMass Boston International Relations & National Security Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations

UMass Boston International Relations & National Security Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks international relations programs across the country. The following shows how UMass Boston performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The international relations major at UMass Boston 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	188

International Relations Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 international relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMass Boston. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Criminology
• General Social Sciences
• Archeology
• Anthropology
• 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.