<p>What schools besides George Washington University (Elliot school) are known for international relations?</p>
<p>Georgetown</p>
<p>Tufts University.</p>
<p>These rankings were published in the March/April 2007 Issue of Foreign Policy Magazine. (percentages represents the percentages of international relations academics and professionals who named the schools).</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>
<p>Thanks to all.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Georgetown, American University, GWU.</p>
<p>BEWARE</p>
<p>The list that Mini had posted is severely flaws as it includes schools that do not have anything remotely related to an international studies/relations/affairs major or department. UC Berkeley and Columbia for example do not have international relations major....At Columbia, you have to set up your own major or create your own IR major.</p>
<p>It is bar far the best list out there, as including the opinions of a large plurality of the working international relations professionals and academics in the country. The people who actually know. In each case, you can put together a "concentration" in the area of international relations which, together in some cases with unparalleled internship opportunities and superb language departments, can lead to fine careers (which is why having working professionals make the list is so impressive.)</p>
<p>I think it has been proven countless times that the methology behind this list is highly flawed. </p>
<p>I apologize. If you do the actual physical research like I did. You will actually see that the working professionals and graduate school professionals know absolutely nothing about what is going at the undergraduate level. They create a list of undergraduate ranking of schools such as Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, UC Berkely, Yale, Dartmouth, UMichigang, Swarthmore, UCSD, Cornell, Williams, Duke....do not offer IR BA/BS degrees not have a dedicated IR faculty or staff, not do they have IR departments.</p>
<p>Working professionals recommending "Best undergraduate IR programs" which in reality, nearly half the school on the list do not have IR programs? Are you crazy? The survey that included this question was one out of fifty. This list is flawed and is total garbage.</p>
<p>By far the best undergraduate programs are Johns Hopkins, Tufts, and Georgetown. Georgetown's School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the best undergraduate school dedicated to international relations out there. Tufts has the famous Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy located right on campus! Johns Hopkins actually offer an undergraduate IR major which tremendous access to the famous Paul Nitzhe School of Advanced International Studies or SAIS for short. </p>
<p>Graduate school professors have heard of Columbia's SIPA, Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, and Harvard's KSG are leading graduate institutions but do they realize that they do not offer an equivalent legitimate IR degree program at the undergraduate? No they don't.</p>
<p>Get Real. </p>
<p>The list is excellent. I DID the research. I looked carefully at the number of professionals included in the survey - it was a HUGE sample. And a sample of people who not only studied international relations as undergraduates, but actually TAUGHT undergraduates. Professionals who meet with their colleagues at other institutions multiple times a year. Professionals who give guest lectures, and serve as visiting faculty at each others' institutions. </p>
<p>There is virtually no survey out there - in ANY field - that has as much of a sound research base behind it.</p>
<p>So, if Mini's list is accurate, and if UCSD is fairly good for undergrad international relations, what major would that translate to? International Studies - Political Relations? Given the school, is this major actually "respectable" in the sense that it wouldn't be seen as, "You did a liberal arts major at a halfway decent school. Good for you, kid."?</p>
<p>Great, Check out</p>
<p>First of all - it isn't my list - it comes from Foreign Policy Magazine, the journal of working international relations professionals.</p>
<p>UCSD has a really good concentration in IR within its Political Science major (which is quite common at the other listed schools), as well as a separate International Studies B.A. International</a> Studies They are especially well-known for Pacific Studies.</p>
<p>"Graduate school professors have heard of Columbia's SIPA, Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, and Harvard's KSG are leading graduate institutions but do they realize that they do not offer an equivalent legitimate IR degree program at the undergraduate? No they don't.</p>
<p>Get Real."</p>
<p>Please check your "facts". Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School issues both graduate and and undergraduate degrees. It is a highly respected and well funded department at Princeton. In fact, the Robertson funding for the department is about 1 billion dollars. That's roughly equal to Georgetown University's entire endowment.</p>
<p>Phead128, your info seems to check out. Thanks.</p>
<p>Georgetown University Hoyas
American University Eagles
George Washington University Colonials
Tufts University Jumbos
Claremont McKenna College Stags
Middlebury College Panthers</p>
<p>How about checking out member schools afiliated with this organization:
<a href="http://www.apsia.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.apsia.org</a></p>
<p>The aforementioned schools seem to be mentioned to exhaustion. There are more schools...</p>
<p>Macalester
Claremont McKenna
American
Middlebury
Wash U in St Louis
Lewis and Clark
William and Mary</p>
<p>mini, I don't doubt the legitimacy of your list; I was just wondering how well these schools translate to career prospects. Aka, Berklee is considered one of the top schools for contemporary non-art music; however, I've nonetheless seen many Berkelee graduates begging for commissions on Craigslist.</p>
<p>For a little more relevant of an example, I had a friend who did Political Science at UC Berkeley, and he admitted he won't make any money off of it. So, basically, how would an IR undergrad degree at UCSD fare in comparison to Poly Sci at UC Berkeley, pragmatically speaking?</p>
<p>I am truly interested in international relations, though for financial security's sake I can't afford to invest that much time and that much money into a "dead-end" major.</p>
<p>Sorry if it sounds like I'm knocking on the major; I just want to find out what to realistically expect from it (specifically, at UCSD).</p>
<p>I am not sure how Michigan could be ranked 12th in International Relations when the university does not have such a department and does not offer such a major! If somebody is really into International Relations, I highly recommend Georgetown, Tufts, Claremont McKenna, George Washington, Macalester and Middlebury.</p>