2022 Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

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Political Economy is the 685th most popular major in the country with 333 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political economy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent political economy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the political economy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy (With Aid)

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s political economy degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Political Economy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 9 masters’s political economy degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgetown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Economy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

Read more about Political Economy at Georgetown

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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