2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in Texas (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 Master’s in Texas 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 Texas, there were 362 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 173 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in Texas (With Aid)

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 23 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations at Rice University

#2

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also took the #4 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations at The University of Texas at Austin

#3

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 88 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Relations at Texas A&M College Station

#4

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$19,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St. Mary’s University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s international relations students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Mary’s, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Mary’s are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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