2025 Best International Relations Schools in Tennessee
3Colleges in Tennessee
80International Relations Degrees Awarded
Ranked #63 in popularity, international relations is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for international relations students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 degrees in international relations annually.
Your choice of international relations school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall International Relations School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best International Relations 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 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 one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in international relations. Located in the large city of Memphis, Rhodes College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #698 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rhodes College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 16 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Rhodes College in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Memphis if you want to pursue a degree in international relations. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 13 international relations students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in international relations needs to take a look at Middle Tennessee State University. Located in the city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 22 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University 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. For our Best Overall International Relations School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
