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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best International Relations & National Security Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 56 bachelor's degrees in international relations & national security to qualified students.
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 complete 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.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study International Relations & National Security in South Carolina
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in international relations & national security.
Top South Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in International Relations
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in international relations & national security has to look into University of South Carolina - Columbia. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the international relations program report average early career income of $33,612.
It is difficult to beat Wofford College if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in international relations & national security. Wofford is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Spartanburg.
Those international relations & national security students who get their bachelor's degree from Wofford College earn $4,908 more than the average international relations student.
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).
