2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Master's Degree Schools in Vermont
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree School for You
With 165 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, international relations and national security is the #14 most popular major in Vermont.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.
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 Vermont ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Vermont 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.
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.
Best Vermont Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in International Relations & Security
Our analysis found Norwich University to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Vermont. Located in the town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Norwich are $21,914 per year.
Norwich not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means SIT Graduate Institute is a great value for international relations and national security students working on their master’s degree. SIT is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Brattleboro.
SIT graduate students pay an average of $43,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
SIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best International Relations & Security Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont list.
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Explore all the Best Value International Relations & National Security Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,150 |
| Connecticut | 146 |
| New Hampshire | 100 |
| Maine | 19 |
| Rhode Island | 70 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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).
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