Why APSIA Schools

Why APSIA Schools

Join APSIA Schools

APSIA schools help students transform into meaningful agents of change. Our graduates work for peace, expand prosperity, build organizations, lead governments, and protect their fellow citizens.

To join the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs, schools must demonstrate their excellence in career-focused, graduate-level, international affairs education.

Other degree programs may attach a few international aspects to their curriculum. APSIA members combine broad preparation in critical thinking, quantitative analysis, public communications, project management, and teamwork with deep regional, cultural, and economic expertise.

APSIA schools stress the application of theory to practical issues. They embrace the flexibility needed to navigate the changes of the world. They know that the changes of tomorrow are rooted in the context of today and the history of each place. So, they provide the tools to evaluate trends across a global landscape now and in the future.

APSIA Schools

  • Educated current heads of state and senior cabinet officials in more than a dozen countries
  • Rank consistently among the top five producers of US Presidential Management Fellows and Boren Fellows
  • Welcome more than 80% of Pickering and Rangel Fellows each year

APSIA Schools By The Numbers

  • 12+

    Educated current heads of state and senior cabinet officials in 12+ countries

  • Top 5

    Rank consistently among the top five producers of US Presidential Management Fellows and Boren Fellows

  • 80%

    Welcome more than 80% of Pickering and Rangel Fellows each year

  • 91%

    Help 91% of their graduates get full-time jobs or continue their education soon after graduation

  • 57%

    Welcomed an incoming class that was 57% female in Fall 2019

  • 40%

    Enrolled 40% international students in Fall 2019

APSIA Members Demonstrate The Following Qualifications:

  • An educational program of high academic quality
  • A commitment to graduate professional training
  • At least three classes graduated from its two year master’s degree program
  • A substantial and demonstrated commitment to the study of international affairs
  • At least one master’s degree program requiring two years of academic coursework to complete
  • Significant autonomy within a major university