2025 Best International Relations & National Security Schools in Tennessee
3Colleges in Tennessee
86International Relations Degrees Awarded
$47,717Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in international relations & national security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #67 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best International Relations & National Security Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 86 degrees in international relations & national security annually.
Choosing a Great International Relations & National Security School
The international relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for International Relations & National Security rankings. For our Best Overall International Relations & National Security School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
International Relations & National Security Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best International Relations & National Security Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for International Relations & National Security in Tennessee
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the international relations degree levels they offer.
Rhodes College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in international relations & national security. Rhodes College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Memphis. A Best Colleges rank of #698 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rhodes College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 16 international relations & national security students who graduated with this degree at Rhodes College in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the international relations program state that they receive average early career wages of $23,835.
University of Memphis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in international relations & national security. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Memphis. This university ranks 12th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 13 international relations & national security students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in international relations & national security has to take a look at Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro. This university ranks 18th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 22 international relations & national security students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent year we have data available.
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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