2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Kentucky

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 477 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $24,966 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political science and government. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great political science and government programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UofL are $27,575.

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#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s political science degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. 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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