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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$39,643 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,516 Avg Salary

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

With 69 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, political science and government is the #62 most popular major in New Jersey.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Political Science & Government

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the best value school in New Jersey for political science and government students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $20,495 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Princeton University is a great value for political science and government students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Princeton graduate students pay an average of $58,790 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Princeton also made our Best Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #1.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 310
Pennsylvania 60
Maryland 123
District of Columbia 294
Delaware 11

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

Majors Similar to Political Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

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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