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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$39,522 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,002 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, international relations and national security students earned 2,268 degrees and certificates from a District of Columbia school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in District of Columbia 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in International Relations & Security

#1

Institute of World Politics

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Institute of World Politics to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. Institute of World Politics is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Institute of World Politics graduate students pay an average of $31,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GWU are $32,904 a year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value international relations and national security schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgetown are $55,128 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Georgetown is ranked #1 for overall quality for international relations in District of Columbia.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC

Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

The American University also made our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 535
New York 1,233
Maryland 759
New Jersey 185
Delaware 55

International Relations & National Security is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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