2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in District of Columbia

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 Doctorate in District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 2,248 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,300 and $47,511 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree international relations students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best International Relations & National Security Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at American University

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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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