2024 Best Political Science Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
21
Colleges in the Southwest Region
119
Master's Degrees
Political Science is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #98 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 21 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of political science. Combined, these schools handed out 119 master's degrees in political science to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Political Science School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of political science for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to political science students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of political science students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized political science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for political science students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Political Science Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Political Science Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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