2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada” 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 Nevada, there were 173 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,250 and $19,745 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,157 and $26,697 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political science and government programs that also have a lower cost than 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 and government program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$15,081 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s political science degrees to 80 students in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. It costs about $15,081 for Nevada Bachelor’s Degree Political Science students per year to attend University of Nevada - Reno.

Read more about Political Science & Government at University of Nevada - Reno

#2

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$11,424 Average Net Price

$36,156 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #2 spot on the list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s political science degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

UNLV also made our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas is $11,424 for Nevada Bachelor’s Degree Political Science students.

Read more about Political Science & Government at UNLV

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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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