2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in the New England Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 1,538 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,785 and $31,665 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international relations and national security 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 and national security program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #1 spot on the list. Medford, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s international relations degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at Tufts University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security (With Aid)

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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