<p>People here would probably be most interested in the rankings of top IR schools for academia and for policy careers. But there are a lot of other good stats there too.</p>
<p>I was interested in IR for about a second before I realized how vague a degree it is. I mean no offense to anyone in IR at the moment, but the whole field seems saturated with a bunch of twenty something year olds who all want to work as diploments and think that a degree in IR is their key to a career in world travel.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for the link! This is really interesting stuff.</p>
<p>This question amused me: "Aside from you, who has been doing the most interesting work in international relations in recent years?" Because we're all self-absorbed as IR theorists...ha.</p>
<p>jmleadpipe,</p>
<p>Keep in mind that a lot of the better IR degrees are largely quantitative these days, and are really not populated with airheaded 20-somethings. I'd say most of us have pretty well-defined career goals. </p>
<p>I have no desire to travel, but I recognized that I need an MA in order to get into the positions I want.</p>
<p>UCLAri,</p>
<p>I should have reformulated my statement. I think that most people in the top IR programs know exactly where they are going and will end up there, which is probably why they are in the top programs in the first place. I was talking more about general IR degrees, not the ones at SAIS, SIPA, UCSB ect.</p>
<p>^^UCSB? You must meen UCSD.</p>
<p>Yes, I did mean UCSD. I honestly have no idea why I wrote UCSB. Mental lapse of the first order.</p>