2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in Maryland (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Political Science is the 14th most popular major in the country with 46,740 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 1,065 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in political science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent political science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the political science 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 Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s poly sci degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425.

Read full report on Political Science at Johns Hopkins University

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 2 masters’s poly sci degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885.

Read more about Political Science at University of Maryland - College Park

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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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