by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Political Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Political Science & Government is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at University of Louisiana at Monroe. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in political science, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The political science major at ULM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Political Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Here are some of the other rankings for ULM.
Part-time undergraduates at ULM paid an average of $365 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,788 | $17,888 |
| Fees | $3,282 | $3,282 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $8,914 | $8,914 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,260 | $4,260 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at ULM in Political Science walked away with an average of $22,432 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $22,466.
ULM does not offer an online option for its political science bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ULM Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.0% of the political science students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 50.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in political science at ULM in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Political Science & Government students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science | 12 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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