2022 Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Colorado, there were 729 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political science 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 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 Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s poly sci degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Political Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Political Science Report

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Political Science at University of Colorado Boulder

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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