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2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee

5 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor's in Tennessee

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 Bachelor’s in Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 94 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,600 and $23,164 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 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 Bachelor’s in Tennessee” 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 Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee. Martin, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international relations degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee bachelor’s degree international relations students list, UT Martin has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Tennessee - Martin is $10,955 for tennessee bachelor’s degree international relations students.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at UT Martin

#2

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It awarded 9 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $12,464 for tennessee bachelor’s degree international relations students per year to attend Middle Tennessee State University.

Full Middle Tennessee State University International Relations & National Security Report

#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Memphis is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 11 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $13,248 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students per year to attend University of Memphis.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at UofM

#4

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #4 spot on the list. East Tennessee State University is a fairly large school located in Johnson City, Tennessee that handed out 14 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend East Tennessee State University is $14,332 for tennessee bachelor’s degree international relations students.

Read full report on International Relations & National Security at East Tennessee State University

#5

Rhodes College

Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhodes College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. Rhodes College is a small school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 30 bachelors’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Rhodes College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend Rhodes College is $27,540 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree International Relations students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at Rhodes College

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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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