Political Science & Government at Delaware State University

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

Del State is located in Dover, Delaware and has a total student population of 4,739. Of the 613 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Delaware State University in 2021, 7 of them were political science and government majors.

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.

Del State Political Science & Government Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Del State Political Science & Government Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the political science progam at Del State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The political science major at Del State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	342
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	513
Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools	867

Earnings of Del State Political Science Graduates

The median salary of political science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Del State is $30,746. This is less than $33,089, which is the national average of all political science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Political Science Student Demographics at Del State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the political science majors at Delaware State University.

Del State Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

The political science program at Del State awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 61% 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 Delaware State University with a bachelor's in political science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Del State also has a doctoral program available in political science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Criminology

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 DE, the home state for Delaware State University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Managers	900	$134,410
Economists	30	$86,850

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Smartyllama under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.