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2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
626 Degrees Awarded
$30,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Far Western US region, there were 1,873 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,532 and $22,266 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 626 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in international relations and national security. 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international relations and national security program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree international relations students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 17 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree international relations students with aid list, UW Seattle has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s international relations degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international relations degrees to 109 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region master’s degree international relations students with aid list, UCSD has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

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#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. SDSU is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 34 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - San Bernardino landed the #5 spot on the list. CSUSB is a fairly large school located in San Bernardino, California that handed out 12 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUSB also made our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #9. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - San Bernardino are $17,936.

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#6

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#8 in overall quality

San Francisco State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 12 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco State University are $17,944.

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#7

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

University of Southern California did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 1 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #0 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

University of San Diego

San Diego, California
#6 in overall quality

University of San Diego did quite well in the 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Located in San Diego, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Diego are $28,410.

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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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