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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$41,139 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,002 Avg Salary

Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 389 degrees and certificates were awarded to international relations and national security students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #79 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in International Relations & Security

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Our analysis found DePaul University to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at DePaul University

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree 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 Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UChicago also made our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 213
Ohio 446
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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to RepubFan12.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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