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2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$18,576 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,953 Avg Salary

Finding the Best International Relations & National Security School for You

With 109 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, international relations and national security is the #99 most popular major in Tennessee.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Tennessee to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value International Relations & National Security Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for international relations majors pursuing a .

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in International Relations & Security

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for international relations and national security students. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $13,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Knoxville also took the #4 spot in our Best International Relations & Security Schools in Tennessee rankings.

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$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Middle Tennessee State University is a great value for international relations and national security students. Located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public college with a very large student population.

Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,232 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best international relations and national security schools in Tennessee. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Memphis.

UofM undergraduate students pay an average of $10,056 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,438 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means East Tennessee State University is a great value for international relations and national security students. ETSU is a large public school located in the city of Johnson City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ETSU are $9,438 a year.

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#5

Rhodes College

Memphis, TN
$50,910 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhodes College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Memphis, Rhodes College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Rhodes College undergraduate students pay an average of $50,910 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, international relations majors at Rhodes College accumulate an average of around $20,697 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, Rhodes College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in Tennessee list.

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Best Value International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 505
Virginia 1,122
North Carolina 113
Florida 879
Kentucky 68
South Carolina 61
Louisiana 58
Arkansas 48
Alabama 137
Mississippi 58
West Virginia 31

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

Majors Similar 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 5 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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