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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$63,936 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,371 Avg Salary

Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Graduate Certificate School for You

International Relations & National Security is the #66 most popular major in the country with 14,306 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in International Relations & Security

Our analysis found Wright State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 a year.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international relations and national security schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 a year.

UChicago also made our Best International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.

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#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oakland University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international relations and national security schools in the Great Lakes Region . Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.

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Best International Relations & National Security Colleges by State

Explore the best international relations and national security colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 213
Ohio 446
Illinois 389
Indiana 201
Wisconsin 76

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to RepubFan12.

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