2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 333 people earned their degree in political economy, making the major the 685th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 78 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political economy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the political economy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree political economy students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s political economy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Political Economy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Political Economy at Duke

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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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