2025 Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you plan on getting your master's degree in international relations & national security, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 789 master's degrees in international relations & national security to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on international relations & national security students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of international relations & national security students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt international relations & national security students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international relations & national security related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for international relations & national security students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank International Relations & National Security Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best International Relations & National Security Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study International Relations & National Security in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in international relations & national security.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in International Relations

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

749 Annual Graduates

$76,550 Median Starting Salary

Johns Hopkins University is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in international relations & national security. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.

Students who graduate with their master's from the international relations program report average early career income of $76,550.

More information about a master’s in international relations & national security from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

29 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in international relations & national security. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a master’s in international relations & national security from University of Maryland - College Park

Best International Relations & National Security Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best International Relations & National Security Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	496
Pennsylvania	248	54
New Jersey	188	62
District of Columbia	154	984

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International Relations & National Security Related Rankings by Major

International Relations & National Security is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

International Relations Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations	764
International Security	25

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	516
Political Science & Government	123
Geography & Cartography	77
General Social Sciences	41
Sociology	20
Urban Studies	17
Anthropology	11
Other Social Sciences	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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