2025 Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in international relations & national security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #58 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for international relations & national security students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 95 bachelor's degrees in international relations & national security during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to international relations & national security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of international relations & national security students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt international relations & national security students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international relations & national security related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for international relations & national security students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 International Relations & National Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study International Relations & National Security in Connecticut

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in international relations & national security.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in International Relations

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

66 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in international relations & national security. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a bachelor’s in international relations & national security from Yale University

2

Connecticut College
New London, CT

15 Annual Graduates

$45,543 Median Starting Salary

Connecticut College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in international relations & national security. Conn College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of New London.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the international relations program report average early career earnings of $45,543.

More information about a bachelor’s in international relations & national security from Connecticut College

Best International Relations & National Security Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best International Relations & National Security Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	575
New Hampshire	157	51
Rhode Island	157	51
Maine	156	19
Vermont	155	86

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Rankings in Majors Related to International Relations

International Relations & National Security is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

International Relations Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations	95

Majors Similar to International Relations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	1,046
Political Science & Government	710
Sociology	361
Anthropology	100
Urban Studies	37
Geography & Cartography	34
Other Social Sciences	25
General Social Sciences	14
Sociology & Anthropology	12
Archeology	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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