2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for international relations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value International Relations & National Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Check out the international relations graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in International Relations & Security

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

95 Graduate Certificates

#1 in Quality in the New England Region

$52,170 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best value school in the New England Region for international relations and national security students working on their graduate certificate. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best International Relations & Security Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

Full International Relations & National Security at Harvard University Report

#2

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, NH

22 Graduate Certificates

$19,470 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SNHU are $19,470 per year.

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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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