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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$35,051 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,486 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the political science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, The Graduate Center is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . UD is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.

UD also claimed a spot on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Delaware Report

#3

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

Villanova graduate students pay an average of $21,199 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Villanova is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Political Science & Government at Villanova University Report

#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Cornell University 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 . Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in tuition and fees each year.

Cornell did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Teachers College at Columbia University is a great value for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Teachers College are $35,054 a year.

Teachers College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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George Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

GWU also claimed a spot on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Binghamton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for political science and government students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a large student population.

Binghamton University graduate students pay an average of $25,570 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Political Science & Government at Binghamton University Report

#8

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #4 for overall quality for political science in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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#9

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for political science and government students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Johns Hopkins also did well on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of Maryland - College Park came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMCP is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges by State

Explore the best political science and government colleges 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 25 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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