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Political Science & Government at Bates College

Political Science & Government at Bates College

If you plan to study political science & government, take a look at what Bates College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and has a total student population of 1,876.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Political Science & Government section at the bottom of this page.

Bates Political Science & Government Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Bates Political Science & Government Rankings

The political science major at Bates is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Political Science & Government. 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.

Political Science Student Demographics at Bates

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the political science majors at Bates College.

Bates Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

52% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 48% of political science bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in political science at Bates are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bates College with a bachelor's in political science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 36
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Political Science & Government

If you plan to be a political science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bates College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science 65

Careers That Political Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in political science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Managers 1,380 $96,570
Economics Professors 90 $99,630
Political Science Professors 80 $85,990
Political Scientists 40 $72,850

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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