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2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate School for You

Political Science & Government is the #75 most popular major in the country with 2,664 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Political Science & Government program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Indiana University - Bloomington to be the most popular school for political science and government students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great place for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oakland University is a great place for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

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#2

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for political science and government students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges by State

Explore the best political science and government schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 53
Illinois 156
Ohio 59
Indiana 48
Wisconsin 40

Political Science & Government is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Political Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UKWiki at English Wikipedia.

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