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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,512 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,486 Avg Salary

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

Political Science & Government is the #89 most popular major in South Carolina with 12 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Political Science & Government Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Citadel Military College of South Carolina to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Citadel are $10,890 per year.

The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great value for political science and government students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofSC are $14,134 a year.

UofSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 101
Florida 102
Georgia 57
North Carolina 69
Tennessee 24
Kentucky 14
Louisiana 24
Alabama 5
Mississippi 15
Arkansas 8
West Virginia 45

Political Science & Government is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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