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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$15,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,430 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government School for You

With 69 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, political science and government is the #62 most popular major in New Jersey.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to see which 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 Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Political Science & Government

$14,208 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named William Paterson University of New Jersey the best value school in New Jersey for political science and government students. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

William Paterson University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,208 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,804 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Rutgers New Brunswick undergraduate students pay an average of $15,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,208 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rutgers Newark are $15,208 per year.

Rutgers Newark not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey list.

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#4

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ
$56,010 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Princeton University is a great value for political science and government students. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Princeton are $56,010 per year.

Princeton also took the #1 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey rankings.

Full Political Science & Government at Princeton University Report

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 310
Pennsylvania 60
Maryland 123
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 4 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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