2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in Kentucky

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Kentucky, there were 476 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 1 doctorate’s poly sci degrees in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Political Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Political Science at University of Kentucky

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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%.

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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