International Relations and National Security Studies

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 45.0901 - 45.0999.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 373 institutions across the United States, with a total of 42335 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

8,079

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

557

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

5,262

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

28,253

awards given

Top Schools for International Relations and National Security Studies

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	2,859
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	Boston University Boston, MA	720
11	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	708
12	University of Georgia Athens, GA	705
13	Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA	696
14	University of Denver Denver, CO	621
15	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	579
16	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	558
17	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	558
18	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	549
19	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	453
20	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	417
21	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	417
22	Brown University Providence, RI	411
23	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	402
24	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	399
25	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	390
26	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	375
27	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	372
28	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	342
29	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	336
30	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	330
31	Yale University New Haven, CT	327
32	Fordham University Bronx, NY	327
33	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	309
34	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZ	285
35	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	285
36	Norwich University Northfield, VT	282
37	Angelo State University San Angelo, TX	273
38	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	252
39	Stanford University Stanford, CA	249
40	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	219
41	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	217
42	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	201
43	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	192
44	Troy University Troy, AL	192
45	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	192
46	Northeastern University Boston, MA	192
47	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	189
48	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	177
49	CUNY City College New York, NY	177
50	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Monterey, CA	171
51	Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA	168
52	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	165
53	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	165
54	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	159
55	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	156
56	Duke University Durham, NC	153
57	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	150
58	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	147
59	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	147
60	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	144
61	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	141
62	Institute of World Politics Washington, DC	141
63	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	141
64	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	138
65	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	138
66	DePaul University Chicago, IL	138
67	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	138
68	Fairmont State University Fairmont, WV	135
69	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	132
70	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	129
71	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	129
72	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	129
73	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	126
74	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	126
75	University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA	126
76	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	126
77	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	124
78	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	123
79	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	123
80	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	120
81	Carleton College Northfield, MN	120
82	Baylor University Waco, TX	120
83	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	111
84	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	111
85	Towson University Towson, MD	108
86	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	108
87	New England College Henniker, NH	105
88	University of Mississippi University, MS	102
89	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	102
90	University of Delaware Newark, DE	102
91	Excelsior University Albany, NY	102
92	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	99
93	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	99
94	Emory University Atlanta, GA	99
95	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	96
96	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	96
97	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA	96
98	The New School New York, NY	90
99	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	90
100	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	87