2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 133 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,300 and $34,659 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Missouri

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 67 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500.

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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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