International Relations and National Security Studies

8,172 students earn a international relations and national security studies credential each year across 328 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $38,250
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $65,402

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 309 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia511$52,9331 year out$84,705$22,000 2American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia387$47,5511 year out$71,028$23,250 3Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia283$50,5881 year out$80,731$17,500 4Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida276$32,0981 year out$60,401$17,767 5Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida253$33,4171 year out$51,904$18,637 6University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia221$39,2751 year out$67,971$19,500 7Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts189$45,8701 year out$74,117$25,000 8University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia184$46,8701 year out$87,416$20,672 9Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts153$54,0791 year out$80,548$16,375 10University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California145$52,2621 year out$87,675$13,765 11Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania138$45,8581 year out$67,400$25,000 12Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia138$44,6381 year out$74,206$21,500 13Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island137$46,2841 year out$104,415$12,000 14Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio133$38,5841 year out$65,732$19,500 15University of California-DavisDavis, California125$34,9491 year out$68,661$12,416 16George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia120$44,6441 year out$63,843$23,000 17Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana117$36,1001 year out$63,817$19,000 18Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan110$38,8101 year out$75,882$24,766 19University of DenverDenver, Colorado101$40,9231 year out$60,795$19,500 20Fordham UniversityBronx, New York96$46,6531 year out$75,033$25,843 21William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia95$47,2701 year out$81,921$21,000 22Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York94$43,2491 year out$65,420$26,635 23Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona92$46,8681 year out$69,283$22,901 24New York UniversityNew York, New York88—1 year out——25Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland80$44,0041 year out$91,204$12,000 26United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York73—1 year out——27Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut66—1 year out——28University of California-RiversideRiverside, California64$27,0211 year out$56,758$18,914 29University of South FloridaTampa, Florida64$30,9771 year out$55,427$18,250 30Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey62$45,4401 year out$64,432$22,500 31Stanford UniversityStanford, California61$76,1661 year out$128,687—32Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia56$44,4291 year out$79,025$21,500 33Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana55$47,9561 year out$64,455$20,500 34James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia53$44,6671 year out$66,783$18,460 35Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California50$35,2311 year out$84,200$19,275 36San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California49$35,3611 year out$67,020$17,134 37San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California49$31,2541 year out$54,685$16,750 38CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York49$30,6271 year out$60,089$13,337 39Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont48$68,3441 year out$116,041—40University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania46$65,5591 year out$92,024$10,470 41Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York44—1 year out$86,420—42The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas44$25,8791 year out—$24,343 43The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama43$35,3241 year out$58,536$23,250 44University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota43$28,5961 year out$55,760$21,167 45Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon43—1 year out$61,511$23,000 46Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio42$38,7661 year out$61,057$21,977 47Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah42$50,5631 year out$94,047—48Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania42$45,8581 year out$67,400$25,000 49Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts41—1 year out$78,837$21,125 50Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota40—1 year out——51University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina40$33,6121 year out$55,763$20,500 52Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont39$43,6211 year out$76,825$16,850 53Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California37$34,5751 year out—$20,500 54University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California37$36,6691 year out$53,544$24,508 55Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas37$37,5071 year out$57,316$22,409 56Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland36$39,2081 year out$62,673$25,000 57Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah36—1 year out——58Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia36$35,9251 year out—$24,250 59University of DelawareNewark, Delaware34$38,2501 year out$56,318$25,000 60University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi34—1 year out——61Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York34—1 year out——62University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia34$43,5641 year out$61,391$20,500 63University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas33$22,6121 year out$57,811$24,208 64University of San DiegoSan Diego, California33$50,9481 year out$68,437$24,100 65Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia33$45,0221 year out$80,251$19,500 66Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia33$43,5671 year out$65,865$21,750 67University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho32$30,2611 year out$58,204$24,400 68Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania32$36,1471 year out$80,384$21,250 69DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois31$35,7921 year out$55,741$21,250 70Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee30$23,8351 year out$64,958$22,072 71Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin30$43,2901 year out—$20,750 72Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California28—1 year out——73Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois28$58,3261 year out$75,031$19,234 74University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts28—1 year out——75University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada28$29,5391 year out$52,794$23,437 76University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio28$32,5431 year out—$25,625 77West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia28—1 year out——78Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia26—1 year out——79Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts26$26,3061 year out$73,787$18,486 80Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York26$31,9561 year out$75,748$20,232 81University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida25$31,8131 year out$76,506$17,250 82Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York25$45,3321 year out—$19,000 83Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania25$58,4331 year out$89,758$16,620 84Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania24$77,3121 year out$77,668—85University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois23—1 year out$98,430—86Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia23$33,5811 year out$44,480$25,750 87University of IowaIowa City, Iowa22$36,3761 year out$68,946$26,030 88Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia22$34,3431 year out$55,715$23,000 89Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida21$28,1131 year out$64,642$27,000 90Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan21$28,2021 year out$39,625$19,000 91University of RochesterRochester, New York20—1 year out$76,594$21,750 92Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas20$53,2461 year out—$11,066 93Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon19$30,2531 year out$36,229$24,250 94Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona18$29,9241 year out$55,790$20,632 95University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida18—1 year out$46,347$14,799 96The College of IdahoCaldwell, Idaho18—1 year out——97Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——98Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania18—1 year out$87,169$19,000 99Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17—1 year out——100The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey17$34,8411 year out$75,393$24,952

Associate programs — 8 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California3—1 year out——2American River CollegeSacramento, California2—1 year out——3Santa Barbara City CollegeSanta Barbara, California2—1 year out——4Ventura CollegeVentura, California2—1 year out——5Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California1—1 year out——6De Anza CollegeCupertino, California1—1 year out——7Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California1—1 year out——8Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 17 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts21—1 year out——2The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas10—1 year out——3Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana8—1 year out——4University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico6—1 year out——5University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin6—1 year out——6University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland5—1 year out——7Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah4—1 year out——8University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin4—1 year out——9Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan3—1 year out——10Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah3—1 year out——11University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah3—1 year out——12Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California2—1 year out——13Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri2—1 year out——14University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota1—1 year out——15Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, Ohio1—1 year out——16Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina1—1 year out——17Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana—$76,1201 year out$107,488$19,500

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).