2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income Over $110k) in Idaho

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Political Science & Government is the 21st most popular major in the country with 48,597 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, political science and government graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,977 and had an average of $22,822 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 247 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,520 and $18,968 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent political science and government 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 science and government 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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Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income Over $110k) in Idaho

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making Over $110k list. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 8 masters’s political science degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Political Science & Government at Boise State

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Making Over $110k list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s political science degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ISU Political Science & Government Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income Over $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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