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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 13,117 people earned their degree in international relations, making the major the 63rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 471 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 231 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international relations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international relations.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 15 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 82 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Relations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Austin College
Sherman, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Sherman, Texas, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about International Relations at Austin College

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Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region. Trinity University is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Trinity U International Relations Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UST International Relations Report

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Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oral Roberts University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oral Roberts University is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 7 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

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Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Baylor University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s international relations students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on International Relations at Baylor

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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Full UTSA International Relations Report

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international relations degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NAU International Relations Report

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Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Texas State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about International Relations at Texas State

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Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Christian University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full TCU International Relations Report

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University of the Incarnate Word did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. This medium-sized school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Relations at University of the Incarnate Word

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Southern Nazarene University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Bethany, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international relations students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Southern Nazarene University

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Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas

Southwestern University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southwestern is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Georgetown, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Southwestern

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St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas

St. Mary’s University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking. St. Mary’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 22 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Relations at St. Mary’s

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Southwestern Adventist University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southwestern Adventist University is located in Keene, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

Read more about International Relations at Southwestern Adventist University

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