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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Iowa, there were 449 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,050 and $21,550 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political science and government 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 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 Iowa For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income Over $110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s political science degrees to qualified students.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Political Science & Government at University of Iowa

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