List of schools of international relations in the United States

The United States has a long history offering studies in international relations and public policy with many heads of state and heads of government graduating from American schools. Prominent alumni of school of international relations in the U.S. include Bill Clinton, former President of the United States; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former President of the Philippines; and Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein, the King of Jordan. Today, 18 out of the top 20 schools of international relations are based in the United States.

Schools

Rank	Location	University	Name	Focus
N/A	Alabama	Samford University
N/A	Alabama	Spring Hill College
N/A	Alabama	Troy University
N/A	Arizona	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	College of Security and Intelligence
N/A	Arizona	Benedictine University Mesa	Liberal arts valued based Catholic University
N/A	Arizona	Northern Arizona University
N/A	Arizona	Prescott College
N/A	Arkansas	Hendrix College
N/A	Arkansas	University of Arkansas
N/A	Arkansas	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
N/A	California	Alliant International University	Graduate School of International Relations	international relations
N/A	California	California State University, Fresno	Department of Political Science	international relations
N/A	California	Chapman University		international studies
N/A	California	Claremont Graduate University		international studies
16	California	University of California, Berkeley	Goldman School of Public Policy	public policy
14	California	University of California, San Diego	School of Global Policy and Strategy	international relations
N/A	California	University of San Diego
N/A	California	University of San Francisco		international studies
N/A	California	University of Southern California	School of International Relations	international relations
N/A	California	University of the Pacific	School of International Studies	international studies
N/A	California	San Francisco State University	Graduate School of International Relations	international relations
11	California	Stanford University	Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies	international policy
10	Colorado	University of Denver	Josef Korbel School of International Studies	international studies
N/A	Colorado	University of Colorado at Boulder
N/A	Connecticut	University of Bridgeport	College of Public and International Affairs	public and international affairs
12	Connecticut	Yale University	Jackson Institute for Global Affairs	international relations
N/A	Florida	Florida International University	School of International and Public Affairs	international relations
N/A	Florida	Florida State University
N/A	Florida	Schiller International University
N/A	Georgia	University of Georgia	School of Public and International Affairs	international relations
N/A	Georgia	Georgia Institute of Technology	Sam Nunn School of International Affairs	international relations
9	Illinois	University of Chicago	Committee on International Relations	international relations
N/A	Indiana	Indiana University	School of Global and International Studies	international relations and studies
N/A	Indiana	University of Indianapolis	College of Graduate Arts and Sciences	international relations
N/A	Indiana	University of Notre Dame	Keough School of Global Affairs	global affairs
N/A	Iowa	Drake University
N/A	Kentucky	University of Kentucky	Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce	diplomacy
N/A	Massachusetts	Boston University	Pardee School of Global Studies	international relations
3	Massachusetts	Harvard University	Harvard Kennedy School	government
15	Massachusetts	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MIT Center for International Studies	international studies
5	Massachusetts	Tufts University	Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy	international law
N/A	Michigan	Grand Valley State University		international relations
18	Michigan	University of Michigan	Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy	public policy
N/A	Mississippi	University of Mississippi	Croft Institute for International Studies	international studies
N/A	Missouri	Webster University
N/A	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State University	OSU School of International Studies	international studies
N/A	Oklahoma	University of Oklahoma	College of International Studies	international studies
4	New Jersey	Princeton University	Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs	international relations
N/A	New Jersey	Seton Hall University	School of Diplomacy and International Relations	international relations
6	New York	Columbia University	School of International and Public Affairs	international relations
17	New York	New York University	Graduate School of Arts and Science
N/A	New York	St. John's University	School of Liberal Arts and Sciences	international relations
13	New York	Syracuse University	Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	public affairs
N/A	New York	The New School	Graduate Program in International Affairs	international relations
N/A	Pennsylvania	Carnegie Mellon University	Institute for Strategy & Technology	international relations
N/A	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State University	School of International Affairs	international relations
N/A	Pennsylvania	University of Pittsburgh	Graduate School of Public and International Affairs	international relations
N/A	Puerto Rico	N/A	Morales Carrión Diplomatic and Foreign Relations School	diplomacy
N/A	Rhode Island	Brown University	Watson Institute for International Studies	international studies
N/A	Texas	Texas A&M University	Bush School of Government and Public Service	government
N/A	Texas	University of Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs	public affairs
N/A	Utah	University of Utah		international relations
N/A	Vermont	Middlebury College	Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs	international relations
N/A	Virginia	College of William & Mary	Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations	international relations
N/A	Virginia	George Mason University	Schar School of Policy and Government	public policy school international relations
N/A	Washington	University of Washington	Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies	international studies
8	Washington, DC	American University	School of International Service	international relations
7	Washington, DC	George Washington University	Elliott School of International Affairs	international relations
1	Washington, DC	Georgetown University	Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service	international relations
2	Washington, DC	Johns Hopkins University	Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies	international relations
N/A	Washington, DC	The Institute of World Politics		global politics

See also

• Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
• Inside the Ivory Tower
• List of schools of international relations