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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$45,371 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,529 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government 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 Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for political science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 the New England Region

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

Top 10 Best Political Science & Government 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 degree in the New England Region . Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Yale are $59,950 per year.

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

Full Political Science & Government at Yale University Report

#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Out of the 14 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Boston College undergraduate students pay an average of $61,706 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region list.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at Boston College

Out of the 14 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Northeastern undergraduate students pay an average of $57,592 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region list.

Full Political Science & Government at Northeastern University Report

#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 14 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Harvard undergraduate students pay an average of $55,587 in tuition and fees each year.

Harvard also made our Best Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.

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#5

Brown University

Providence, RI

The excellent programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best political science and government schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brown are $62,304 per year.

Brown also took the #3 spot in our Best Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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$37,202 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNH undergraduate students pay an average of $37,202 in tuition and fees each year.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

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

UMass Amherst undergraduate students pay an average of $36,964 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Brandeis University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in the New England Region ranking. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Brandeis are $60,006 a year.

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$35,139 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for political science and government students. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Boston are $35,139 per year.

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$15,380 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern New Hampshire University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for political science and government students. It came in at #10 on the list. 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 undergraduate students at SNHU are $15,380 per year.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at Southern New Hampshire University

Best Political Science & Government Colleges by State

Explore the best political science and government colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

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

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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 14 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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