2025 Best International Relations Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
281International Relations Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in international relations, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #63 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best International Relations Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 281 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for international relations schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for International Relations in the Rocky Mountains Region
The schools below may not offer all types of international relations degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in International Relations
Any student pursuing a degree in international relations has to take a look at University of Denver. DU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #174 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were about 197 international relations students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you want to pursue a degree in international relations. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 32 international relations students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in international relations needs to check out University of Idaho. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 19 international relations students who graduated with this degree at U of I 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.
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 school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for international relations schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
