Colleges with an International Relations major

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out UofT or UBC ... Canada would be an outstanding place to study IR in light of how Trump's lack of leadership globally.

Here's PM Mark Carney's riveting speech today from Davos. He got a standing ovation and captured global attention, possibly a speech for IR classes to study for the future:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/mark-carney-speech-davos-trump-canada-full-text-transcript-read/

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[Anonymous]

In terms of choosing a college, the Princeton Review includes a sampling, "Great Schools for International Relations and Affairs Majors," which may be of interest:

Claremont McKenna
Middlebury
Occidental
Connecticut College
Hamilton
Bucknell
Lafayette
Gettysburg
Lewis & Clark

UChicago
Georgetown
Tufts
George Washington
American
Clark
Harvard
Yale

[Anonymous]

And William & Mary with their joint program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In terms of choosing a college, the Princeton Review includes a sampling, "Great Schools for International Relations and Affairs Majors," which may be of interest:

Claremont McKenna
Middlebury
Occidental
Connecticut College
Hamilton
Bucknell
Lafayette
Gettysburg
Lewis & Clark

UChicago
Georgetown
Tufts
George Washington
American
Clark
Harvard
Yale

This is not a good list. The one upthread is what people should be using.

[Anonymous]

The real measure of IR undergrad strength is Foreign Policy, see here:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/30/international-relations-school-rankings-university-undergraduate-masters-phd-programs/

Stick with Foreign Policy for reliable IR ratings. (USNWR and Princeton are useless.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real measure of IR undergrad strength is Foreign Policy, see here:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/30/international-relations-school-rankings-university-undergraduate-masters-phd-programs/

Stick with Foreign Policy for reliable IR ratings. (USNWR and Princeton are useless.)

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Georgetown, American, GW, Tufts, Denver U all punch above their weight in the IR space. Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Stanford all great as well. For Canada, consider UofT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In terms of choosing a college, the Princeton Review includes a sampling, "Great Schools for International Relations and Affairs Majors," which may be of interest:

Claremont McKenna
Middlebury
Occidental
Connecticut College
Lewis & Clark
Hamilton
Bucknell
Lafayette
Gettysburg

UChicago
Georgetown
Tufts
George Washington
American
Clark
Harvard
Yale

In viewing this list, it seems to offer two particular advantages. It samples across geographical regions and it samples across selectivity levels.

[Anonymous]

How will these colleges that offer IR be affected, if at all, by the orange in the white house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How will these colleges that offer IR be affected, if at all, by the orange in the white house?

Fear mongering. Some that have been listed on this thread have probably been warned

[Anonymous]

My kid graduated from the W&M/St Andrews IR program. Went straight to SciencePo for a masters and is now working at a consulting group in the EU that deals with international trade risk assessment for EU and Asian corporate clients. There are many avenues one can pursue with a decent IR education.