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2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
221 Degrees Awarded
$35,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $30-$48k

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 “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

International Relations is the 54th most popular major in the country with 13,616 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 1,137 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 221 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international relations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international relations programs and 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree international relations students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 23 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011.

Read full report on International Relations at Stanford University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international relations degrees to 109 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631.

Read full report on International Relations at University of California - San Diego

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

USC also took the #0 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

Read full report on International Relations at USC

#4

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFSU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco State University are $17,944.

Full San Francisco State University International Relations Report

#5

University of San Diego

San Diego, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #5 spot on the list. University of San Diego is located in San Diego, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

USD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $28,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations at University of San Diego

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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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