2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate School for You
Political Science & Government is the #14 most popular major in Virginia with 1,786 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate School
Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Virginia Tech are $16,522 a year.
Virginia Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia rankings.
Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 1,199 |
North Carolina | 1,764 |
Florida | 2,532 |
Tennessee | 718 |
Kentucky | 439 |
South Carolina | 768 |
Louisiana | 582 |
Arkansas | 297 |
Alabama | 566 |
Mississippi | 294 |
West Virginia | 290 |
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Majors Related to Political Science
One of 12 majors within the area of study, political science and government has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Economics | 49,055 |
Sociology | 38,475 |
General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
Anthropology | 11,415 |
Notes and References
*These values are for the top school 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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