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Political Science & Government at The City College of New York

Political Science & Government at The City College of New York

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

CCNY is located in New York, New York and approximately 15,227 students attend the school each year.

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.

CCNY Political Science & Government Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

CCNY Political Science & Government Rankings

The political science major at CCNY 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 CCNY

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the political science majors at The City College of New York.

CCNY Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of political science bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its political science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 23
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 10
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Political Science & Government

Political Science & Government majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The City College of New York. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science 87

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 NY, the home state for The City College of New York.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Political Science Professors 1,680 $125,360
Economics Professors 1,650 $129,370
Economists 750 $127,520
Political Scientists 90 $122,440

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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