2022 Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

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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 South Dakota, there were 81 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $25,918 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in South Dakota

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$12,637 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Political Science Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 1 masters’s political science degrees in 2019-2020.

USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USD Political Science & Government Report

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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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