2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Missouri (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Missouri For Those Getting Aid” 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 Missouri, there were 133 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,300 and $34,659 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 74 international relations and national security graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international relations and national security. 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international relations and national security program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 7 masters’s international relations degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562.

Read more about International Relations & National Security at Washington University in St Louis

#2

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Relations Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid. Webster is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 67 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

Webster also made our “Best International Relations & National Security Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security (With Aid)

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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