2025 Best International Relations & National Security Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
181International Relations Degrees Awarded
$47,717Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in international relations & national security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #67 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best International Relations & National Security Schools in New Jersey ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 181 degrees in international relations & national security to qualified students.
Choosing a Great International Relations & National Security School
Your choice of international relations & national security school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall International Relations & National Security School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your International Relations & National Security Degree Level
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 Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for International Relations & National Security in New Jersey
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the international relations degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat Rutgers University - Newark if you want to pursue a degree in international relations & national security. Rutgers Newark is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #164 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers Newark is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 international relations & national security students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Newark in the most recent data year.
The College of New Jersey is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in international relations & national security. TCNJ is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Ewing. This college ranks 6th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 17 international relations & national security students who graduated with this degree at TCNJ in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the international relations program earn around $34,841 for their early career.
Seton Hall University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in international relations & national security. Located in the suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 123 international relations & national security students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the international relations & national security program at Seton Hall University make $5,197 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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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Your choice of international relations & national security school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall International Relations & National Security School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
