2024 Best Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
7
Colleges in the Plains States Region
31
Doctor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in
political science & government, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 31 doctor's degrees in political science & government to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Political Science & Government School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of political science & government for getting your doctor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor'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.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on political science & government students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of political science & government students who choose to seek a doctor'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.
- Student Debt - How much debt political science & government students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized political science & government related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for political science & government students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Political Science & Government Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Political Science & Government Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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