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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,837 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government School for You

With 13 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, political science and government is the #45 most popular major in Nevada.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Nevada ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Nevada 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.

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 Schools in Nevada

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

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality in Political Science & Government

$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a degree in Nevada. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

UNR undergraduate students pay an average of $8,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNR not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Political Science & Government Schools in Nevada list.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Nevada - Reno Report

$8,737 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Nevada list. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNLV are $8,737 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNLV is ranked #3 for overall quality for political science in Nevada.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 243
Washington 27
Oregon 14
Hawaii 9

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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