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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,916 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $8,666 per year.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Political Science & Government at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

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 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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