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2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,288 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in international relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international relations programs, but they also 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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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree international relations students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 7 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree international relations students with aid list, UW - Madison has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison International Relations Report

#2

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

IU Bloomington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Bloomington are $33,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Relations at IU Bloomington

#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University also took the #0 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations at Cleveland State University

#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 66 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations at UChicago

#5

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

Marquette also made our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette are $21,690, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on International Relations at Marquette

#6

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

DePaul University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 14 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full DePaul International Relations Report

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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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