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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,837 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government School for You

With 224 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, political science and government is the #22 most popular major in Nevada.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Nevada to see which programs offered the best value experiences for political science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Nevada

Check out the political science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality in Political Science & Government

$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Reno the best value school in Nevada for political science and government students. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNR are $8,737 a year. While working on their degree, political science majors at UNR accumulate an average of around $19,201 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNR is ranked #1 for overall quality for political science in Nevada.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Nevada - Reno Report

$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best political science and government schools in Nevada. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNLV are $8,737 per year. The average amount in student loans that political science majors at UNLV take out is $23,108.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNLV is ranked #3 for overall quality for political science in Nevada.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 8,494
Washington 984
Oregon 543
Hawaii 141
Alaska 16

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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