Thank you for the replies everyone.
I'm honestly really nervous about this choice. If I get funding at a PhD program I got into, I'll definitely take that.
The thing is, the CIR I got is totally unfunded, which means I'm looking at $60,000 debt. For something that only gives me a chance at a good PhD and a really small chance at a job, that is insane, especially for just one year.
Does anyone know what kind of job prospects you can get with CIR if let's say I had to work for a year in between applying and finishing the program?
It seems like MAPSS would be more valuable for that since it's all methodology, so I'm not sure what kind of job you could really get with CIR.
Does anyone have any advice or recommendations for that? There are four fields and I'm looking at 1. IR Theory and Security and 2. IPE.