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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$12,797 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,486 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Texas 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in Texas for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $7,704 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in Texas. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

Texas State graduate students pay an average of $9,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 a year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in Texas. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

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#7

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for political science and government students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

UH graduate students pay an average of $9,727 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on this year’s best value schools for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Rio Grande Valley are $8,333 a year.

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The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTEP are $7,166 a year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree political science and government programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTSA are $9,479 a year.

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Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Political Science & Government Schools 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 15 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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