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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,689 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,219 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government School for You

In 2020-2021, 173 degrees and certificates were awarded to political science and government students who went to a Delaware college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Delaware to see which 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 Schools in Delaware

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for political science majors pursuing a .

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Political Science & Government

$15,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Delaware to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a degree in Delaware. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

UD undergraduate students pay an average of $15,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, political science graduates from UD take out $24,386 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $761.

UD also took the #1 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Schools in Delaware rankings.

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$8,358 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Delaware State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best political science and government schools in Delaware. Located in the small city of Dover, Del State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Del State are $8,358 a year. Political Science majors at Del State take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Del State also took the #4 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Schools in Delaware rankings.

Full Political Science & Government at Delaware State University Report

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,080
New York 3,785
Maryland 1,135
New Jersey 792
District of Columbia 1,324

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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