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Political Science at Colby College

Political Science at Colby College

Every political science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the poly sci program at Colby College stacks up to those at other schools.

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and approximately 2,155 students attend the school each year.

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

Colby Political Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Poly Sci

Colby Political Science Rankings

The poly sci major at Colby 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.

Poly Sci Student Demographics at Colby

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the poly sci majors at Colby College.

Colby Political Science Bachelor’s Program

45% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 55% of poly sci bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in poly sci at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in poly sci.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 47
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Careers That Poly Sci Grads May Go Into

A degree in poly sci 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 Colby College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Managers 1,380 $96,570
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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