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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,755 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,486 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree School for You

With 40 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, political science and government is the #85 most popular major in Colorado.

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 Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Colorado 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 Colorado

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

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Political Science & Government

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $8,052 per year.

CU Anschutz did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $13,901 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CU - Boulder also made our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value political science and government schools in Colorado. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State are $13,313 a year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

Full Political Science & Government at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 17
Idaho 20
Montana 4
Wyoming 1

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 3 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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