2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Political Science & Government is the 21st most popular major in the country with 48,597 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, political science and government graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,977 and had an average of $22,822 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 283 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,800 and $24,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political science and government programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree political science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 6 masters’s political science degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k. A-State is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 3 masters’s political science degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State also made our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at A-State are $11,586, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income $48-$75k)

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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