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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$38,486 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the New England 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 New England 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

#1

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Our analysis found Yale University to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

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

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston College also did well on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.

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

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

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

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#5

Brown University

Providence, RI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brown are $62,083 a year.

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

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus 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 #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNH graduate students pay an average of $29,992 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Political Science & Government at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.

Full Political Science & Government at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

With a ranking of #8, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SNHU are $19,470 per year.

Full Political Science & Government at Southern New Hampshire University Report

Southern Connecticut State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree political science and government programs. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCSU are $26,537 per year.

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University of Connecticut came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $42,237 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 New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 168
Connecticut 60
Rhode Island 17
New Hampshire 43

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 12 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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