2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 126 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,700 and $30,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NC State International Relations & National Security Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 41 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at Duke

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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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