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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania

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40 Degrees Awarded
$35,000 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Political Science is the 13th most popular major in the country with 47,549 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 2,044 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 political science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in political science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in political science.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree poly sci students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science in Pennsylvania

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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 masters’s poly sci degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lehigh University Political Science Report

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania. Located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s poly sci students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Political Science at East Stroudsburg University

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Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania list. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s poly sci degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Villanova Political Science Report

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s poly sci students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Political Science at University of Pennsylvania

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 5 masters’s poly sci degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Political Science at Pitt

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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

With a ranking of #6, Temple University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Poly Sci Major in Pennsylvania list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s poly sci degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Political Science at Temple University

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