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Most Popular Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

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2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

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Finding the Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree School for You

Political Science & Government is the #53 most popular major in Maryland with 123 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our analysis found Johns Hopkins University to be the most popular school for political science and government students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Women make up 39% of the political science majors at the school.

Full Political Science & Government at Johns Hopkins University Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular political science and government schools in Maryland. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

Of the 4 students majoring in political science at UMCP, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 310
Pennsylvania 60
New Jersey 69
District of Columbia 294
Delaware 11

One of 12 majors within the area of study, political science and government has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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