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Best Value Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$17,635 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,516 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree School for You

Political Science & Government is the #21 most popular major in Texas with 2,757 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for political science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Political Science & Government

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.

UT Austin also made our Best Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #3.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for political science and government students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $8,256 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in Texas. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #4 for overall quality for political science in Texas.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 8 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $9,727 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for political science and government students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Dallas are $15,088 a year.

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#7

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rice are $49,941 a year.

Rice not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#8

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

With a ranking of #8, University of Dallas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for political science and government students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irving.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UD are $33,750 a year.

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Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,044
Oklahoma 240
New Mexico 225

Political Science & Government is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UKWiki at English Wikipedia.

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