2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

International Relations is the 54th most popular major in the country with 13,616 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Vermont, there were 119 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international relations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international relations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international relations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in Vermont

#1

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$27,927 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Michael’s College is located in Colchester, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

Saint Michael’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Michael’s College is $27,927 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Saint Michael’s International Relations Report

#2

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$25,656 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middlebury College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont. Middlebury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Middlebury, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury is $25,656 for vermont bachelor’s degree international relations students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Middlebury International Relations Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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