2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Maryland” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Maryland, there were 834 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 630 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in Maryland

#1

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$21,614 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 18 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

UB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UB are $21,614.

Read more about International Relations at University of Baltimore

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 609 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on International Relations at Johns Hopkins University

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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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