2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Communication

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 Political Communication Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Political Communication is the 896th most popular major in the country with 183 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 political communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the political communication 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 Communication Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Political Communication Schools for a Master’s.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Communication

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Political Communication Schools for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s political communication students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree political communication students list, GWU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Political Communication Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Political Communication at GWU

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Political Communication Schools for a Master’s list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s political communication degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Political Communication Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Political Communication at The American University

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bill Koplitz.

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