Top International Relation Colleges

College Majors
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<p>I realy want to major in International Relations/Affairs</p>

<p>What are the best schools for this major?</p>

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<p>Thank you for posting this. I'm interested, too. (For my son.) Other than Georgetown, nothing has jumped out at me.</p>

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<p>Tufts, Johns Hopkins</p>

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<p>Georgetown /American University (D.C)</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins</p>

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<p>George Washington</p>

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<p>i understand that theese schools (gw, gtown, tufts, john hopkins, american) are all good for internaitonal relations.....but are there any other schools that have a good international relations program that arent one of these schools</p>

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<p>Most of the Ivies?</p>

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<p>If you're looking for LACs, Claremont McKenna College is excellent.</p>

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<p>Macalester (m'not sure)</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>Lehigh</a> University and [url=<a href="http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ir/undergraduate/main.asp%5DSyracuse%5B/url"&gt;http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ir/undergraduate/main.asp]Syracuse[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p>

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<p>GW (Eliot School), Georgetown (SFS), Tufts, American</p>

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<p>Posted by Chryseis:</p>

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

<p>I think these maybe the most valid/credible rankings so far.</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>Some of these are not official IR majors, but might be PP or PA majors.</p>

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<p>What does the % mean by each school in that ranking?</p>

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<p>Heck if I know. I was just trying to be helpful. Try Googling Foreign Policy Magazine rankings...?</p>

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<p>Oh, you're very helpful. Thanks. I was just curious.</p>

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<p>Oh sorry I wasn't trying to be brusque or anything :)</p>

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<p>Boston University</p>

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<p>Boston University is a wonderful school, for many, many things. However, I would never think of it as a great place to go for International Affairs.</p>

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<p>If you're interested in IR, going to school in DC is a distinct advantage. A large percentage of IR students at Georgetown, GW, and American intern part time. Someone going to school in, say, Connecticut might have one or two DC internships, whereas many DC kids will have three. You also get lots of interesting and influential adjunct professors, a good environment for networking, and career centers with the right sort of contacts for IR people. </p>

<p>Besides the three top DC schools, look for schools with strong study abroad and language programs, and dedicated IR majors. Three off the top of my head are Bowdoin, Middlebury, and Macalester (sp?).</p>