Political Science & Government at Loyola Marymount University

If you are interested in studying political science and government, you may want to check out the program at Loyola Marymount University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 9,686. Of the 1,856 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in 2021, 90 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.

Loyola Marymount Political Science & Government Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Loyola Marymount Political Science & Government Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The political science major at Loyola Marymount 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
Most Popular Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Most Focused Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Best Value Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	511

Earnings of Loyola Marymount Political Science Graduates

The median salary of political science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Loyola Marymount is $35,632. This is 8% higher than $33,089, which is the national average for all political science bachelor's degree recipients.

Political Science Student Demographics at Loyola Marymount

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

Loyola Marymount Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 political science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor's in political science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	33
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Urban Studies
• International Relations & National Security
• Economics
• Sociology

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 CA, the home state for Loyola Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Economists	1,430	$124,430
Political Science Professors	860	$112,360
Economics Professors	700	$139,050
Political Scientists	160	$74,060

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 Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.