2025 Best International Relations Schools in Minnesota
3Colleges in Minnesota
158International 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for international relations students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 158 degrees in international relations to qualified students.
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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Minnesota.
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Best Schools for International Relations in Minnesota
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.
Carleton College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in international relations. Carleton is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Northfield. This college ranks 4th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 56 international relations students who graduated with this degree at Carleton in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in international relations needs to check out University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 57 international relations students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in international relations has to look into Saint Cloud State University. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud. This university ranks 33rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 17 international relations students who graduated with this degree at St. Cloud 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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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. 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.
