Best Colleges for International Relations?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I've been looking at Georgetown and UVA, but I want to know what else is out there. I would be applying as an undergrad.</p>

2

<p>Tufts, most definitely. Also, if you're into the LAC environment, check out Macalester - very internationally aware.</p>

3

<p>Swarthmore-very selective LAC, and highly ranked by Foreign Policy magazine for teaching IR.</p>

4

<p>Stanford and Princeton</p>

5

<p>Pitt, American, Catholic, GW, JHU, GT.</p>

6

<p>UPenn, Johns Hopkins</p>

7

<p>All Eight Ivies have the necessary strength in PSCI, history, area studies, economics necessary for a good IR education.</p>

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<p>These rankings were published in the March/April 2007 Issue of Foreign Policy Magazine.</p>

<p>Top 20 Undergraduate Programs</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard University 48%</li>
<li>Princeton University 46%</li>
<li>Stanford University 30%</li>
<li>Georgetown University 28%</li>
<li>Columbia University 28%</li>
<li>Yale University 23%</li>
<li>University of Chicago 21%</li>
<li>University of California-Berkeley 12%</li>
<li>Dartmouth College 11%</li>
<li>George Washington University 10%</li>
<li>American University 10%</li>
<li>University of Michigan 9%</li>
<li>Tufts University 8%</li>
<li>Swarthmore College 8%</li>
<li>University of California-San Diego 8%</li>
<li>Cornell University 6%</li>
<li>Brown University 6%</li>
<li>Williams College 5%</li>
<li>Duke University 5%</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University 5%"</li>
</ol>

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<p>If you want to come here for undergraduate (Harvard), be prepared to major in something other then IR. Most students who are looking at IR careers go with Government, History, Economics, or East Asian Studies.</p>