2025 Best International Relations Schools in Virginia
9Colleges in Virginia
954International 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for international relations students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 954 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.
The international relations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best International Relations Schools in Virginia.
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Best Schools for International Relations in Virginia
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.
University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in international relations. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #35 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 212 international relations students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Virginia Tech if you want to pursue a degree in international relations. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 130 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
George Mason University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in international relations. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 189 international relations students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
William & Mary is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in international relations. William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Williamsburg. A Best Colleges rank of #103 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means William & Mary is a great school overall.
There were about 76 international relations students who graduated with this degree at William & Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
VMI is a small public school located in the distant town of Lexington. This school ranks 23rd out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 45 international relations students who graduated with this degree at VMI in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 82 international relations students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 107 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Old Dominion is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk. This university ranks 16th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 36 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent year we have data available.
Hampden - Sydney is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Hampden-Sydney. This college ranks 24th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 14 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Hampden - Sydney 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. 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.
