2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in California (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international relations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international relations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in California (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on International Relations at University of Southern California

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations (With Aid)

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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