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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent political science programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee.

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

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. UofM is a large public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 9 masters’s poly sci degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Memphis are $14,202, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Political Science at University of Memphis

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Poly Sci Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #2 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s poly sci degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about 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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