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2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Political Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 48,597 people earned their degree in political science and government, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. 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 Kentucky, there were 477 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $24,966 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political science and government programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the political science and government program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Political Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree political science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Political Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s political science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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