2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in California
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
International Relations is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 12,541 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across California, there were 1,022 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,943 and $148,774 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international relations. That schools that top this list have a program in international relations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in California
The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree international relations students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for International Relations in California
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Claremont Graduate University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in California list. Located in Claremont, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s international relations students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about International Relations at Claremont Graduate University
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on International Relations Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s international relations degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on International Relations at University of Southern California
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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