2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Relations & National Security is the 65th most popular major in the country with 14,762 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international relations and national security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,051 and had an average of $28,099 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 64 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,500 and $30,600 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international relations and national security programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international relations and national security program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security (Income $0-$30k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,369 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international relations degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Full University of Kentucky International Relations & National Security Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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