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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,916 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 143 degrees and certificates were awarded to political science and government students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #89 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Political Science & Government

Our analysis found Sam Houston State University to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SHSU are $8,666 a year.

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Out of the 2 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the # 2 spot on the list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $7,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at The University of Texas at El Paso

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 18
Oklahoma 11
New Mexico 12

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.

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