2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Washington

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Political Science & Government is the 20th most popular major in the country with 49,282 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, political science and government graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,387 and had an average of $23,175 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 984 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,925 and $19,767 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Political Science Major in Washington for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. To top this list, a school must have a successful political science and government program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Political Science Major in Washington for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Political Science Major in Washington for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Washington

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Political Science Major in Washington for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 10 masters’s political science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Washington State University Political Science & Government Report

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Political Science Major in Washington for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 7 masters’s political science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, 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.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Political Science & Government Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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