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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve worked in foreign affairs think tanks and international development. Every role I’ve ever hired for we selected someone with a masters.[/quote]

This is very common.

Masters is a minimum for many of these jobs. If you really want to go down this route, be prepared for more schooling. Someone will inevitably respond to this and say “my kid graduated two years ago and works in X with no masters.” But the reality is that your paths will be narrowed significantly without one. Some things even require a PhD but this is less common (generally just academia and some think tank roles) and less inhibiting. And someone else noted the gutting of state and USAID—it’s a saturated market right now.

Also, with IR it is always a good idea to pair it with something else you can market. Foreign languages, econ, data analytics, etc.

Finally, here is the most widely accepted ranking of programs if you care about that sort of thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Ivory_Tower#Undergraduate_Programs[/quote]

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