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2022 Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$12,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master's in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across South Dakota, there were 81 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent political science 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 science program at the school. 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 Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree poly sci students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s poly sci degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637.

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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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