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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

3 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$39,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master's in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Connecticut, there were 923 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,800 and $23,242 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great political science and government programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

#1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k list. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 masters’s political science degrees to qualified students.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Connecticut is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Political Science & Government at UCONN

#3

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k list. Southern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SCSU are $26,658.

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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%.

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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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