<p>I am a high school senior looking to apply to a school in the fall with a great UNDERGRAD program in International Relations. I have seen the Foreign Policy Magazine's list but I'm not sure if it's exactly what I'm looking for. I want a school with an IR major not just a polisci major with a focus/minor in IR. Again, I'm not looking to do an UG in politics, but politic-central locations such as DC, NYC etc. are preferred. Thank you!</p>
<p>If you don’t mind attending a large research university located in the Capital of Ohio!!</p>
<p>Ohio State’s political science department is ranked 13th in the country by US News & World Report, with the American politics section fifth, international politics 12th and political methodology 10th. A study by Simon Hix of The London School of Economics ranked it as the fourth best political science department in the world, based on publications. Foreign Policy Magazine recently ranked it as the 15th best Ph.D. program in the world for the study of international relations while noting Professor Alexander Wendt as the third most influential scholar of international relations in the world.</p>
<p>Official Website: [Political</a> Science Department - OSU](<a href=“http://polisci.osu.edu/]Political”>http://polisci.osu.edu/)</p>
<p>and i’m sure this has been written about before on here but im new meat… so i would just as much appreciate a link to another discussion as a personalized responce. thanks again!</p>
<p>Any school in D.C really. American, GWU, Gtown.</p>
<p>what can you afford? I would recommend Macalester and Lewis and Clark.</p>
<p>Georgetown.</p>
<p>Macaulay Honors College (In NYC)</p>
<p>Gives you free tution (Every student gets a full scholarship), free laptop (yes free as in you get to keep it free), 7500 in studying abroad, and many internship opputunities.</p>
<p>Oh, and it’s grads go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and other reputable unis for graduate degrees.</p>
<p>[USC</a> International Relations](<a href=“http://college.usc.edu/sir/home/]USC”>http://college.usc.edu/sir/home/)</p>
<p>International relations is tricky because US News only ranks business and engineering programs at the undergraduate level. The obvious choices for IR are the schools in New York and DC, but another group you might consider are the schools ranked highest in international business (the logic being that IB programs require many of the same support programs- foreign language, political science, economics, study abroad- but will likely draw more international recruiters). Luckily, US News ranks IB at the undergraduate level, so it might be worth taking a look.</p>
<p>If you want to do research as an undergrad, definitely check out William & Mary.</p>
<p>And if you want a ranking for IR schools, check out the TRIP Survey: [Institute</a> for the Theory and Practice of International Relations | Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP)](<a href=“http://irtheoryandpractice.wm.edu/projects/trip/]Institute”>Teaching, Research & International Policy | William & Mary)
It should best be seen as a measure of in-field prestige, and not much more, however.</p>
<p>Hopkins has an excellent International Studies program, and as a sophomore you can apply for a combined BA/MA 5-year program with SAIS, which is one of the best graduate schools for IR. I find the location nice as well, since it’s close to DC but not right in the middle of all the action.</p>
<p>What do you want to do with your IR major? Different schools can have strengths in different parts of IR (which is inherently rather broad, especially when people throw the term around like they do here)</p>
<p>I agree with Johns Hopkins, it’s a really good IR school, along with G-town, and Princeton etc…</p>
<p>There are some graduate schools like Columbia SIPA that are renown for masters IR as well. However, Columbia does not offer an undergraduate International affairs/studies/relations major. It’s interdisciplinary meaning you have to create your own major.</p>
<p>Check out Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Georgetown, Princeton, American University, George Washington, Claremont McKenna, Stanford, for IR undergraduate majors.</p>
<p>Some rankings like Foreign Policy says Harvard has the #1 IR undergraduate program. Harvard doesn’t even have an IR degree conferring program, so I understand Harvard political science department may be tops, but Poli sci and IR are fields that are pretty broad and differentin their focus.</p>