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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,993 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 14,306 people earned a degree or certificate in international relations and national security, making the major the #66 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value International Relations & Security Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for international relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Associate Degree Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in International Relations & Security

Our 2023 rankings named Harrisburg Area Community College the best value school in the United States for international relations and national security students working on their associate degree. HACC is a large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at HACC are $9,818 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, HACC also is in the top 20% of our Best International Relations & Security Associate Degree Schools ranking.

Full International Relations & National Security at Harrisburg Area Community College Report

#2

American River College

Sacramento, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American River College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Associate Degree Schools list. American River is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Sacramento.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at American River are $10,168 per year.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at American River College

International Relations & National Security by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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