The main focus area for this major is International Relations. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
International Relations & National Security is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at Vassar College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in international relations, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Vassar was ranked #41 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for international relations majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #5 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Vassar.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Vassar was $1,842 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $60,030 | $60,030 |
Fees | $980 | $980 |
Books and Supplies | $900 | $900 |
On Campus Room and Board | $14,990 | $14,990 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,350 | $1,350 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Vassar in International Relations walked away with an average of $19,000 in student debt. That is 10% lower than the national average of $21,122.
The median early career salary of international relations students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Vassar is $33,993 per year. That is 2% higher than the national average of $33,184.
Vassar does not offer an online option for its international relations bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Vassar Online Learning page.
Women made up around 74.1% of the international relations students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 51.9% of the international relations bachelor’s degrees at Vassar in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
International Relations & National Security students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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International Relations | 27 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Anthropology | 12 |
Economics | 49 |
Geography & Cartography | 9 |
Political Science & Government | 44 |
Sociology | 16 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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