2025 Best International Relations Schools in Michigan
4Colleges in Michigan
174International Relations Degrees Awarded
International Relations is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #63 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best International Relations Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 174 degrees in international relations to qualified students.
Your choice of international relations school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall International Relations 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.
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Best Schools for International Relations in Michigan
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.
Michigan State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in international relations. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 87 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Central Michigan University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in international relations. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 10 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Grand Valley State University if you want to pursue a degree in international relations. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Allendale. A Best Colleges rank of #342 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were about 23 international relations students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Calvin University if you wish to pursue a degree in international relations. Located in the medium-sized city of Grand Rapids, Calvin is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 20th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 12 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Calvin in the most recent data year.
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.
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Your choice of international relations school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall International Relations School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
