Most Popular Schools for International Relations and Affairs Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, international law and organization, the comparative study of specific countries and regions, and the theory and practice of diplomacy.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	George Washington University	910	10%	$71,930
2	American University	751	21%	$66,268
3	Johns Hopkins University	733	9%	$71,901
4	Georgetown University	455	8%	$73,840
5	Tufts University	377	13%	$73,500
6	Florida State University	352	3%	$22,168
7	Florida International University	263	2%	$23,506
8	University of Georgia	240	2%	$26,688
9	Boston University	236	2%	$72,618
10	George Mason University	227	2%	$30,284
11	University of Denver	217	6%	$67,656
12	University of Virginia-Main Campus	204	3%	$33,493
13	New York University	198	1%	$73,566
14	Columbia University in the City of New York	198	2%	$76,856
15	University of Southern California	188	1%	$74,825
16	American Public University System	178	2%	$6,880
17	University of California-San Diego	162	2%	$32,838
18	Ohio State University-Main Campus	161	1%	$27,367
19	University of California-Davis	160	2%	$35,177
20	Syracuse University	141	2%	$70,636
21	Texas A & M University-College Station	139	1%	$29,506
22	Fordham University	138	3%	$74,265
23	Norwich University	118	9%	$58,054
24	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	117	1%	$36,652
25	San Francisco State University	115	2%	$27,480
26	Seton Hall University	110	5%	$59,670
27	University of South Florida-Main Campus	102	1%	$23,320
28	Michigan State University	95	1%	$28,862
29	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	95	21%	$53,046
30	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	94	1%	$26,834
31	James Madison University	90	2%	$27,356
32	Webster University	89	2%	$45,762
33	Miami University-Oxford	89	2%	$33,229
34	University of Chicago	88	2%	$78,555
35	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	85	1%	$27,898
36	Northeastern University	83	1%	$70,592
37	Loyola University Chicago	79	2%	$61,328
38	Indiana University-Bloomington	77	1%	$24,779
39	Yale University	76	2%	$73,900
40	College of William and Mary	72	3%	$39,221
41	The New School	70	2%	$71,361
42	CUNY City College	69	2%	$29,967
43	Stanford University	69	2%	$71,587
44	Troy University	66	2%	$20,147
45	University of California-Riverside	65	1%	$35,242
46	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	63	16%	N/A
47	Virginia Military Institute	62	15%	$31,494
48	University of Miami	61	1%	$68,460
49	The University of Texas at Austin	59	0%	$26,506
50	SUNY College at Geneseo	56	5%	$25,761
51	Duke University	55	1%	$74,339
52	Brown University	55	2%	$73,802
53	Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix	55	2%	$29,984
54	Occidental College	54	11%	$74,132
55	Institute of World Politics	51	100%	N/A
56	University of San Francisco	50	2%	$68,296
57	Old Dominion University	46	1%	$26,456
58	University of Pennsylvania	46	1%	$74,408
59	University of Delaware	46	1%	$29,342
60	Tulane University of Louisiana	46	1%	$72,296
61	Kennesaw State University	46	1%	$25,773
62	DePaul University	45	1%	$57,678
63	Baylor University	44	1%	$62,527
64	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	44	1%	$30,913
65	Portland State University	43	1%	$26,085
66	Marquette University	43	2%	$58,057
67	Grand Valley State University	43	1%	$24,948
68	University of Arkansas	43	1%	$25,500
69	Carleton College	42	9%	$71,325
70	The University of Alabama	42	0%	$29,872
71	Harvard University	42	1%	$71,650
72	University of North Georgia	42	1%	$20,492
73	The University of West Florida	41	1%	$19,014
74	St. Mary's University	40	6%	$45,320
75	Towson University	39	1%	$26,834
76	Middlebury College	39	5%	$71,980
77	University of South Carolina-Columbia	39	0%	$28,301
78	Liberty University	39	0%	$40,075
79	Emory University	38	1%	$69,502
80	University of Mississippi	38	1%	$25,436
81	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	37	1%	$28,776
82	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	37	1%	$15,828
83	University of Rochester	36	1%	$72,721
84	Northern Arizona University	35	0%	$27,266
85	California State University-Chico	34	1%	$24,624
86	Brigham Young University-Provo	34	0%	$18,776
87	Lewis & Clark College	33	5%	$66,526
88	Dickinson College	33	6%	$71,339
89	University of San Diego	33	1%	$67,498
90	University of Puget Sound	32	5%	$65,616
91	The College of New Jersey	31	1%	$34,992
92	University of Kentucky	30	0%	$30,101
93	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	30	0%	$33,503
94	University of Nevada-Reno	30	1%	$25,039
95	Lafayette College	28	4%	$71,270
96	University of Bridgeport	27	2%	$55,583
97	Vassar College	27	5%	$72,760
98	Claremont McKenna College	27	8%	$73,810
99	SIT Graduate Institute	27	16%	N/A
100	University of Mary Washington	26	2%	$28,626

This list indicates the number of students that completed the International Relations and Affairs program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.