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2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey

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$33,430 Avg Salary
$25,430 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Political Science & Government School for You

With 69 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, political science and government is the #62 most popular major in New Jersey.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for political science majors pursuing a .

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Princeton University the most popular school in New Jersey for political science and government students. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Rutgers University - Newark helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best political science and government schools in New Jersey. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey list. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Teaneck.

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The excellent programs at William Paterson University of New Jersey helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best political science and government schools in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Kean University

Union, NJ

Kean University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey ranking. Kean is a large public school located in the suburb of Union.

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Ramapo College of New Jersey came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in the large suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 310
Pennsylvania 60
Maryland 123
District of Columbia 294
Delaware 11

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 7 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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