2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's 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.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in International Relations & Security
Our 2023 rankings named University of Akron Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for international relations and national security students working on their master’s degree. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.
University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Marquette 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 . Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Marquette also is in the top 10% of our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international relations and national security schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 5% of our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international relations and national security schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Wright State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international relations and national security schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 per year.
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DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for international relations and national security students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 a year.
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Cleveland State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for international relations and national security students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cleveland State University are $18,051 per year.
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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree international relations and national security programs. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, IU Bloomington also did well on our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for international relations and national security students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in tuition and fees each year.
UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Explore the best international relations and national security schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 213 |
| Ohio | 446 |
| Illinois | 389 |
| Indiana | 201 |
| Wisconsin | 76 |
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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 Majors Related to International Relations
| 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 9 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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