Interested in pursuing an interdisciplinary field that delves into how individual states and global interactions impact diplomacy and conflict? If so, consider majoring in International Relations (IR)!

In International Relations, students can evaluate how global, regional, and domestic factors influence relations between state actors. Given the vast variety of tracks within international relations, such as an emphasis on international economics, human rights, or global health, international relations also serves as a perfect interdisciplinary supplement to other fields of study. Studying International Relations prepares students for a wide variety of careers, ranging from law to politics, and the major continues to expand as the world becomes increasingly globalized.

To help you evaluate your options, we've curated a list of great undergraduate International Relations programs in the United States based on Foreign Policy magazine's Best International Relations Schools in the World. Our list covers a mix of private and public universities and liberal arts colleges, and includes admission rates, test profiles, program highlights and links for more information.

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Given how sophisticated colleges have become in recruiting applicants, it's dangerous to rely on old admissions data.  

We've taken a look at our coverage universe and identified schools with notable admission rate differences between the Class of 2023 and the Class of 2022. In addition to providing the admission rates, we've included some commentary to explain why as well as a link back to the source article.

This year's notable changes are primarily about falling admission rates with a smattering of rising rates at BYU and three University of California campuses.  For institutions with declining admission rates, much of this is attributable to year over year application growth and declines in admitted students.  While some institutions admitted fewer students to compensate for overenrollment the previous year, we suspect others have done so as a result of admitted higher proportions of applicants through early decision/early action programs. 

Depending on how you categorize schools, the admission rate change may be enough to turn a likely into a target or target into a reach.  Regardless, take a moment to review the list—the last thing anyone needs at this point is a surprise!

College Kickstart subscribers: Class of 2023 admission rates have already been incorporated into the latest release of College Kickstart.

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Hot off the press!  We've had a chance to review the Fall 2019 admissions data released recently by the University of California and thought it would be helpful to summarize it and share our key findings.  

Overall freshman admission rates are up for residents and steady for out of state and international students as the University of California continues to settle on a new normal that accommodates a larger mix of non-residents.   If you're an out of state or international student, pay close attention...there continues to be a window of opportunity to take advantage of favorable odds at several UC campuses.

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Here's our latest list of reported overall admission rates for the Class of 2023. Results are now available for American University, Amherst, Barnard, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, Carleton, Colby, Colgate, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Fordham, Franklin and Marshall, George Washington University, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Macalester, MIT, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, Northeastern, Northwestern, Notre Dame, NYU, Oxford at Emory, Pitzer, Princeton, Rice, Santa Clara, Scripps, Swarthmore, Tufts, Tulane, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Georgia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Richmond, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Wake Forest,  Washington and Lee, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley, Wesleyan, William & Mary, Williams and Yale.  Latest year application totals are available for many more.

Bookmark this page as we'll update frequently as more institutions report results. 

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For those of you that have been waitlisted at one of your top choices, here's a list of 2018 waitlist statistics for several popular private and public schools, along with notification dates and latest status where available.  

Our sample of waitlist statistics from 138 private and public institutions paints the following picture:

• On average, 11 percent of students accepting a place on a waitlist were admitted

• 71 percent of the schools admitted 10 percent or less of the students accepting a place on the wait list last year

• 57 percent of the schools admitted 5 percent or less

• 24 percent admitted no one

There are several factors driving the low rates, including the size of the waitlist (often very large), and how well a school anticipates its admissions yield. 

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Wake Forest announced today that it admitted 29 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

In total, 12,500 applications were received.  The target size for the Class of 2023 is 1,373. 

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The College of William & Mary announced it admitted approximately 34 percent applicants to the Class of 2023.  

More than 5,000 applicants were admitted from a total of 14,670 for the year. The target size for the Class of 2023 is 1,540 students.

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Tufts announced that 14.6 percent of applicants were admitted to the Class of 2023.

A total of 22,766 applications were received this year, up 5.8 percent.   

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The University of Notre Dame announced that 3,410 applicants were admitted to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 22,200 applications were received this year, resulting in an overall admission rate of 15.4 percent. Total applications wereup 9 percent over the previous year.   

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Northwestern University admitted 8.9 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 40,579 applications were received. 

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Wesleyan University announced it admitted 15.8 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 2,114 students were admitted from a pool of 13,358 applications.

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Vanderbilt University reported that it admitted 2,088 applicants to the Class of 2023 under regular decision.

A total of 32,967 regular decision applications were received, resulting in a regular decision admission rate of 6.3 percent.

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Bowdoin College announced it admitted 8.9 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 9,332 applications were received, up 3 percent from the previous year.   

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Dartmouth accepted 7.9 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

Applications totaled 23,650 for the year, up 7.3 percent from the previous year.

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Brown announced today that it admitted 6.6 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023.  

A total of 38,674 applications were received for the year, up 9 percent.

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