Political Science and Government programs
1,264 US colleges award credentials in Political Science and Government, with 43,359 graduates in 2023-24.
Where to study, by state
- Alaska (2)
- Alabama (19)
- Arkansas (16)
- American Samoa (1)
- Arizona (16)
- California (177)
- Colorado (20)
- Connecticut (17)
- District of Columbia (8)
- Delaware (3)
- Florida (28)
- Georgia (32)
- Guam (1)
- Hawaii (4)
- Iowa (28)
- Idaho (10)
- Illinois (43)
- Indiana (32)
- Kansas (13)
- Kentucky (20)
- Louisiana (16)
- Massachusetts (42)
- Maryland (19)
- Maine (8)
- Michigan (30)
- Minnesota (23)
- Missouri (25)
- Mississippi (15)
- Montana (5)
- North Carolina (40)
- North Dakota (5)
- Nebraska (9)
- New Hampshire (9)
- New Jersey (24)
- New Mexico (6)
- Nevada (4)
- New York (77)
- Ohio (52)
- Oklahoma (16)
- Oregon (15)
- Pennsylvania (84)
- Puerto Rico (5)
- Rhode Island (9)
- South Carolina (26)
- South Dakota (6)
- Tennessee (25)
- Texas (74)
- Utah (9)
- Virginia (37)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
- Vermont (6)
- Washington (14)
- Wisconsin (22)
- West Virginia (11)
- Wyoming (5)
Careers this can lead to
- Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
- Compliance Managers
- Loss Prevention Managers
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Political Scientists
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- Social Science Research Assistants
- Wind Energy Development Managers
- Wind Energy Operations Managers
Program 45.1001 (Political Science and Government, General), CIP 2020. Counts from IPEDS 2023-24 completions. Careers from the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk.