2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, international relations and national security is the #14 most popular major in Vermont.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value International Relations & Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Vermont to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for international relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Vermont Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in International Relations & Security
Our analysis found Middlebury College to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Vermont. Located in the distant town of Middlebury, Middlebury is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Middlebury undergraduate students pay an average of $59,770 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Middlebury did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont list. Located in the distant town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Norwich are $44,020 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, international relations graduates from Norwich carry an average student debtload of $20,656. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $204, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
Norwich also made our Best International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont list, coming in at #2.
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Out of the 3 schools in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Saint Michael's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Colchester.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Michael’s are $48,690 per year. The average amount in student loans that international relations majors at Saint Michael's take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,591.
Saint Michael’s did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,150 |
| Connecticut | 146 |
| New Hampshire | 100 |
| Maine | 19 |
| Rhode Island | 70 |
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Majors Related to International Relations
One of 12 majors within the area of study, international relations and national security has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 3 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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