2023 Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best International Relations & National Security 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.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for international relations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best International Relations & National Security Schools
Our analysis found Angelo State University to be the best value school for international relations and national security students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Angelo State is a large public school located in the small city of San Angelo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Angelo State are $17,978 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great value for international relations and national security students. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $13,092 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ASU - Skysong also is in the top 10% of our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Out of the 19 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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The excellent programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best international relations and national security schools in the Southwest Region . St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.
St. Mary’s undergraduate students pay an average of $34,564 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best value schools for international relations and national security students. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $40,996 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin also made our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
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Rice University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for international relations and national security students. It came in at #7 on the list. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
Rice undergraduate students pay an average of $52,895 in tuition and fees each year.
Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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University of Central Oklahoma came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UCO is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.
UCO undergraduate students pay an average of $18,917 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Arizona came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Relations & Security Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $35,153 per year.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for international relations and national security students. It came in at #10 on the list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $21,528 per year. On average, international relations graduates from UTSA take out $21,500 in student loans while working on their degree.
Request InformationBest International Relations & National Security Colleges by State
Explore the best international relations and national security schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 487 |
| Arizona | 238 |
| Oklahoma | 9 |
| New Mexico | 11 |
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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 19 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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