by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas” ranking.
International Relations & National Security is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,306 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, international relations and national security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,288 and had an average of $21,455 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 498 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,548 and $20,045 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 270 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in international relations and national security. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international relations and national security program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The international relations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree international relations students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas 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 56 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. St. Mary’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 22 masters’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #3 spot on the list. Rice University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 16 masters’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 85 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Baylor University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Stephen F Austin State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on International Relations Major in Texas list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2020-2021.
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