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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Texas (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
238 Degrees Awarded
$24,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

International Relations & National Security is the 65th most popular major in the country with 14,762 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Texas, there were 470 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,540 and $28,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 238 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in international relations and national security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international relations and national security programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Texas For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Texas (With Aid)

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Rice is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree international relations students with aid list, Rice has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

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#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international relations degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

Angelo State also made our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Angelo State are $14,396, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 88 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas

St. Mary’s University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 18 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree international relations students with aid list, St. Mary’s has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s University are $19,320.

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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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