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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 674 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great political science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the political science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree poly sci students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 5 doctorate’s poly sci degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Political Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Political Science Report

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s poly sci degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Political Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Political Science at Vanderbilt University

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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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