<p>What kind of jobs can an IR graduate find with a BA? It seesm to be a strange major unless you go on to Law School.</p>
<p>Depending on where you go and what you concentrate on, you could do anything from public service in public policy, to consulting, to business, along with attaining higher degrees like a JD.</p>
<p>What type of public service, or other job, could you get with a B.A.?
Either foreign policy concentration or international economics?</p>
<p>Suggest you check out George Washington University, Georgetown, other schools with IR programs...you'll find all kinds of info. GWU has a strong internship program which helps with getting a job when you get out.</p>
<p>I knew an IR BA who was working for a non-profit in DC, and one other who got work with Sony dealing with trade issues.</p>
<p>check out Tufts. IR is the number one major at this fine school. The graduates do very well.</p>
<p>I would second ebeeeee about George Washington. I went there and although I wasn't an IR major undergrad, I am now entering a masters program in IR and the internships I had while studying in DC are what encouraged me to apply to these programs and, I am convinced, what got me in. However, it seems that the majority of good IR jobs require a masters, which is why I am getting mine, a Ph.D if you want to be a fellow at a think tank or something like that.</p>
<p>There are very few jobs in International Relations with a BA. Exceptions would be for those that attend Georgetown and a handful of other programs with excellent departments, but even then, passage of the foreign service exam is typically the ticket to get through the employment gate. My spouse was an IR major (excellent "elite" school) and she found that employment was just so much more focused and obtainable with a graduate degree. I would plan on somehow, someway, going to graduate school.</p>
<p>I'm going to be a freshman at Georgetown this fall and I found this Senior Survey on the school's career website. Click on Walsh School of Foreign Service to see where and what undergrads do after graduation. Salary info too! :)</p>
<p>CNYHoya - Thanks for the great info! Good luck at SFS. Son is a rising senior (SFS) and absolutely loves it there.</p>