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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$40,069 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate School for You

Political Science & Government is the #75 most popular major in the country with 2,664 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the political science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Political Science & Government

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Pennsylvania the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #2 for overall quality for political science in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GWU are $32,904 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, GWU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at St John’s University - New York helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

STJ graduate students pay an average of $31,516 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges by State

Explore the best political science and government schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 310
Pennsylvania 60
Maryland 123
New Jersey 69
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 4 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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