International Relations and Affairs

A program that focuses on the systematic study of international politics and institutions, and the conduct of diplomacy and foreign policy. Includes instruction in international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, international law and organization, the comparative study of specific countries and regions, and the theory and practice of diplomacy.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 340 institutions across the United States, with a total of 38298 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

7,741

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

396

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

4,455

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

25,553

awards given

Top Schools for International Relations and Affairs

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	2,784
2	American University Washington, DC	2,688
3	George Washington University Washington, DC	2,613
4	Georgetown University Washington, DC	1,896
5	Tufts University Medford, MA	1,176
6	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	951
7	New York University New York, NY	825
8	Florida International University Miami, FL	816
9	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	735
10	University of Georgia Athens, GA	705
11	Boston University Boston, MA	690
12	University of Denver Denver, CO	621
13	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	579
14	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	558
15	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	516
16	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	507
17	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	453
18	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	429
19	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	417
20	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	414
21	Brown University Providence, RI	411
22	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	402
23	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	399
24	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	375
25	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	342
26	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	336
27	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	330
28	Yale University New Haven, CT	327
29	Fordham University Bronx, NY	327
30	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	294
31	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZ	285
32	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	285
33	Stanford University Stanford, CA	249
34	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	225
35	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	219
36	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	201
37	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	192
38	Troy University Troy, AL	192
39	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	189
40	CUNY City College New York, NY	177
41	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	177
42	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Monterey, CA	171
43	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	168
44	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	165
45	Norwich University Northfield, VT	165
46	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	165
47	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	159
48	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	156
49	Northeastern University Boston, MA	150
50	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	150
51	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	147
52	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	147
53	Institute of World Politics Washington, DC	141
54	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	138
55	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	138
56	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	132
57	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	129
58	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	129
59	Duke University Durham, NC	129
60	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	129
61	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	126
62	DePaul University Chicago, IL	126
63	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	126
64	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	126
65	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	126
66	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	123
67	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	123
68	Carleton College Northfield, MN	120
69	Baylor University Waco, TX	120
70	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	120
71	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	111
72	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	111
73	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	111
74	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	108
75	Towson University Towson, MD	108
76	New England College Henniker, NH	105
77	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	102
78	University of Delaware Newark, DE	102
79	University of Mississippi University, MS	102
80	Emory University Atlanta, GA	99
81	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	99
82	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	99
83	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	96
84	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	96
85	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	96
86	The New School New York, NY	90
87	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	90
88	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	87
89	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	84
90	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	84
91	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	84
92	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	84
93	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	84
94	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	84
95	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	84
96	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	78
97	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	78
98	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	78
99	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	78
100	Lafayette College Easton, PA	75