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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,315 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, political science and government was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 49,282 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for political science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Political Science & Government

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at Sam Houston State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great value for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 per year.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges by State

Explore the best political science and government schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,757
Arizona 1,044
Oklahoma 240
New Mexico 225

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

Majors Similar to Political Science

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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