Best school for International Relations?

charlieschm
Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:35:36 +0000

Is it true that west coast colleges would have more of an orientation towards Asia, while east coast colleges would have more of an orientation towards Europe?
Is there a risk of attending a college that produces tons of IR grads each year, and you have trouble standing out, vs attending a college that has a more modest-sized program?
Any thoughts on the most useful languages to study? I would guess Chinese for international business, Arabic for homeland security, and Spanish for most other fields.
For some federal jobs, I heard that the prestige of your master’s degree is not that important. Is that true? Maybe that applies to moving up the GS ladder, but not initial hiring?