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2023 Best Value Political Science & Government Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$62,304 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,290 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Political Science & Government School for You

Political Science & Government is the #59 most popular major in Rhode Island with 17 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.

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 Schools in Rhode Island ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges.

Best Political Science & Government School

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI
$62,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for political science and government students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Brown undergraduate students pay an average of $62,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Political Science & Government Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at Brown University

Best Value Political Science & Government Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 168
Connecticut 60
New Hampshire 43

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 values are for the top school 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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