2022 Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent political economy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the political economy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Political Economy Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 9 masters’s political economy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgetown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Political Economy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

Read full report on Political Economy at Georgetown University

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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