2025 Best International Relations Schools in Texas
7Colleges in Texas
335International 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 7 schools in Texas 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 335 degrees in international relations annually.
The international relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for International Relations rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Any student pursuing a degree in international relations needs to check out Rice University. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #48 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rice is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Rice in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in international relations needs to look into Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 112 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in international relations needs to look into The University of Texas at Austin. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were approximately 47 international relations students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in international relations needs to look into Baylor University. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Waco. This university ranks 6th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 53 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 41 international relations students who graduated with this degree at UTSA in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 97th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 13 international relations students who graduated with this degree at St. Mary's in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 15 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Texas State 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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The international relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for International Relations rankings. 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.
