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2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor's in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

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 Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 14,762 people earned their degree in international relations and national security, making the major the 65th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, international relations and national security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,051 and had an average of $28,099 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 179 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,600 and $29,338 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,288 and $24,807 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in international relations and national security. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international relations and national security 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 and national security 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 Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of New Jersey. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. TCNJ is a medium-sized school located in Ewing, New Jersey that handed out 21 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

TCNJ also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TCNJ is $27,541 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 & National Security at The College of New Jersey

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

FDU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. It costs about $15,147 for new jersey bachelor’s degree international relations students with aid per year to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at FDU

#3

Drew University

Madison, New Jersey
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drew University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid list. Drew is a small school located in Madison, New Jersey that handed out 9 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Drew not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. The yearly cost to attend Drew is $25,386 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Drew International Relations & National Security Report

#4

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rider University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rider, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rider University is $27,964 for new jersey bachelor’s degree international relations students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at Rider

#5

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Seton Hall University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in South Orange, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 71 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. It costs about $29,845 for new jersey bachelor’s degree international relations students with aid per year to attend Seton Hall University.

The low 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%.

Full Seton Hall International Relations & National Security 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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