2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Political Science & Government is the #18 most popular major in Maryland with 1,135 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Political Science & Government

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

4 Master's Degrees

#2 in Quality in Maryland

$16,995 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $16,995 per year.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland rankings.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

108 Master's Degrees

#1 in Quality in Maryland

$61,202 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 per year.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

Full Political Science & Government at Johns Hopkins University Report

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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.

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