2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for International Relations & National Security in Illinois

A master's degree in international relations and national security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #41 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for international relations and national security students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 89 master's degrees in international relations and national security to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for international relations and national security.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study International Relations & National Security in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in international relations and national security.

Most Well Attended Schools for International Relations Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

66 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Chicago is a popular decision for students pursuing a master's degree in international relations and national security. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in international relations and national security in Illinois.

Master's students who receive their degree from the international relations program earn an average of $46,400 in the first couple years of their career.

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2

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

23 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in international relations and national security has to take a look at DePaul University. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in international relations and national security in Illinois.

Master's recipients from the international relations and national security major at DePaul University make $2,950 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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Best International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular International Relations & National Security Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	195	26
Indiana	181	13
Wisconsin	166	19

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International Relations & National Security Related Rankings by Major

International Relations & National Security is one of 12 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

International Relations Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations	80
Other International Relations & National Security Studies	9

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	256
General Social Sciences	235
Political Science & Government	96
Sociology	71
Geography & Cartography	38
Anthropology	27
Criminology	7
Urban Studies	6
Archeology	2
Other Social Sciences	2

Notes and References

• 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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