Political Science and Government General

A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public opinion, political research methods, studies of the government and politics of specific countries, and studies of specific political institutions and processes.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 1193 institutions across the United States, with a total of 134408 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

242

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

2,146

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

39,836

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,731

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

735

degrees awarded

Other Awards

89,686

awards given

Top Schools for Political Science and Government General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	2,025
2	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	1,449
3	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1,329
4	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	1,255
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,224
6	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,194
7	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	1,188
8	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,071
9	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	1,023
10	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	1,011
11	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	1,002
12	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	990
13	George Washington University Washington, DC	984
14	Florida International University Miami, FL	981
15	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	963
16	American University Washington, DC	908
17	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	870
18	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	867
19	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	849
20	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	846
21	University of Georgia Athens, GA	840
22	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	837
23	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	834
24	New York University New York, NY	780
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	777
26	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	774
27	Georgetown University Washington, DC	738
28	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	738
29	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	735
30	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	720
31	University of Houston Houston, TX	702
32	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	681
33	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	667
34	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	666
35	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	636
36	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	633
37	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	633
38	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	627
39	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	627
40	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	612
41	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	603
42	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	591
43	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	588
44	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	582
45	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	570
46	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	561
47	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	558
48	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	546
49	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	546
50	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	543
51	Boston University Boston, MA	531
52	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	531
53	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	531
54	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	531
55	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	522
56	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	522
57	Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CA	512
58	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	507
59	University at Albany Albany, NY	480
60	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	477
61	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	477
62	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	474
63	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	471
64	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	462
65	Howard University Washington, DC	459
66	Fordham University Bronx, NY	456
67	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	456
68	Yale University New Haven, CT	450
69	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	450
70	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	444
71	University of North Texas Denton, TX	438
72	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	438
73	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	435
74	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	429
75	Duke University Durham, NC	426
76	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	423
77	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	419
78	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	411
79	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	411
80	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	408
81	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	408
82	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	405
83	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	396
84	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	393
85	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	393
86	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	393
87	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	393
88	Villanova University Villanova, PA	393
89	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	393
90	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	390
91	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	390
92	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	387
93	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	387
94	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	381
95	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	381
96	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	378
97	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	375
98	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	372
99	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	366
100	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	360