Is Arizona State University or Georgetown better for an undergraduate degree in international relations?

For undergraduate international relations, Georgetown offers the more specialized academic and career platform. Its Walsh School of Foreign Service is built specifically around international affairs, with an undergraduate curriculum that combines politics, economics, history, language study, and regional or functional concentrations. Its Washington, D.C., location also gives students unusually direct access to internships, speakers, and alumni in diplomacy, policy, international development, security, and global business.

Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service advising, course offerings, and alumni network are closely tied to foreign policy and internationally focused public-service fields, which can make the path from classroom interests to early career opportunities more straightforward.

Arizona State can still provide a solid and often more flexible route through its School of Politics and Global Studies, especially for a student interested in combining international relations with areas such as sustainability, technology, business, or regional studies. ASU’s scale, research activity, and opportunities in the Phoenix area can be real advantages, and a substantially lower net cost could outweigh Georgetown’s field-specific edge. But for a student whose central goal is traditional international-relations preparation and access to the Washington policy world during college, Georgetown has the clearer advantage.