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2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
189 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 13,616 people earned their degree in international relations, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 300 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 189 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in international relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international relations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international relations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The international relations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. BYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 27 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $13,322 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on International Relations at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 35 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also took the #5 spot in our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Idaho is $14,132 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students.

Read more about International Relations at University of Idaho

#3

The College of Idaho

Caldwell, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. The College of Idaho is located in Caldwell, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The College of Idaho, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The College of Idaho is $21,005 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about International Relations at The College of Idaho

#4

Carroll College

Helena, Montana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Helena, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international relations degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Carroll Montana also made our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $23,726 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students per year to attend Carroll Montana.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Carroll Montana International Relations Report

#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 114 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Relations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for DU is $32,361 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree international relations students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Relations at University of Denver

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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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