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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.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Los Angeles 594 5% $34,620
2 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Berkeley 373 3% $38,066
3 354 3% $22,168
4 Arizona State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Tempe 335 2% $28,048
5 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas at Austin 331 2% $26,506
6 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Central Florida 324 2% $22,548
7 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Michigan-Ann Arbor 299 2% $30,298
8 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Florida 267 2% $21,211
9 Rutgers 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-New Brunswick 267 2% $32,443
10 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maryland-College Park 264 2% $27,146
11 263 2% $27,367
12 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Irvine 260 3% $34,261
13 Columbia 911³Ô¹ÏÍø in the City of New York 255 2% $76,856
14 Texas A & M 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-College Station 246 1% $29,506
15 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 240 4% $23,811
16 Florida International 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 236 2% $23,506
17 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Santa Barbara 223 4% $36,659
18 George Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 220 3% $71,930
19 New York 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 215 1% $73,566
20 Georgetown 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 215 4% $73,840
21 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Washington-Seattle Campus 204 2% $27,638
22 Santa Monica College 198 3% $2,888
23 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Wisconsin-Madison 195 2% $26,025
24 190 3% $26,014
25 American 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 185 5% $66,268
26 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Minnesota-Twin Cities 181 2% $27,898
27 179 2% $24,738
28 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Georgia 177 2% $26,688
29 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Davis 176 2% $35,177
30 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 175 2% $26,834
31 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Oregon 175 3% $27,366
32 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder 171 2% $31,044
33 169 2% $26,454
34 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 169 1% $30,102
35 167 2% $22,969
36 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Houston 167 2% $23,225
37 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Connecticut 161 2% $32,404
38 Yale 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 158 4% $73,900
39 Boston College 156 4% $73,092
40 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Massachusetts-Amherst 156 2% $30,913
41 155 1% $36,652
42 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arizona 155 2% $29,217
43 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Alabama 155 2% $29,872
44 Miami 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Oxford 154 3% $33,229
45 Northeastern 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 154 2% $70,592
46 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina at Charlotte 154 2% $23,694
47 Harvard 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 153 2% $71,650
48 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Riverside 150 3% $35,242
49 144 1% $29,318
50 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of South Florida-Main Campus 144 1% $23,320
51 143 3% $26,734
52 Virginia Commonwealth 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 142 2% $32,041
53 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of South Carolina-Columbia 140 2% $28,301
54 Florida Atlantic 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 138 2% $24,235
55 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Utah 138 2% $24,472
56 136 2% $27,480
57 Arizona State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Skysong 135 2% $27,521
58 United States Naval Academy 133 13% N/A
59 132 1% $28,862
60 132 2% $23,977
61 College of William and Mary 132 6% $39,221
62 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Tennessee-Knoxville 131 2% $31,510
63 Dartmouth College 128 7% $74,359
64 127 1% $23,130
65 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pennsylvania 124 2% $74,408
66 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 122 1% $33,503
67 Cornell 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 120 2% $73,904
68 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Missouri-Columbia 120 1% $26,766
69 117 3% $26,866
70 Liberty 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 117 1% $40,075
71 115 2% $19,194
72 Brigham Young 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Provo 115 1% $18,776
73 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Notre Dame 115 4% $71,801
74 Syracuse 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 115 2% $70,636
75 Ohio 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Main Campus 114 1% $28,986
76 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Virginia-Main Campus 114 2% $33,493
77 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Santa Cruz 112 2% $36,217
78 CUNY Hunter College 110 2% $22,379
79 Loyola 911³Ô¹ÏÍø Chicago 108 2% $61,328
80 Villanova 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 107 3% $70,728
81 Wake Forest 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 106 5% $71,638
82 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Kentucky 104 2% $30,101
83 103 2% $26,091
84 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Chicago 103 2% $78,555
85 DePaul 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 102 2% $57,678
86 Temple 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 101 1% $33,004
87 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Hampshire-Main Campus 100 3% $33,750
88 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern California 99 1% $74,825
89 Princeton 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 99 5% $70,900
90 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Delaware 98 2% $29,342
91 96 1% $26,139
92 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Mexico-Main Campus 96 2% $22,639
93 Fordham 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 96 2% $74,265
94 95 2% $29,758
95 Duke 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 95 2% $74,339
96 Howard 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 95 6% $44,651
97 94 2% $30,360
98 Northwestern 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 92 1% $74,649
99 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Texas 91 1% $24,712
100 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Florida 91 2% $21,384

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Political Science and Government, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.