Political Science & Government at McDaniel College

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

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and approximately 2,931 students attend the school each year. Of the 484 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McDaniel College in 2021, 28 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.

McDaniel Political Science & Government Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

McDaniel Political Science & Government Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the political science progam at McDaniel 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 McDaniel 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
Best Political Science & Government Schools	147
	170
Most Popular Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	363
Most Popular Political Science & Government Schools	403

Political Science Student Demographics at McDaniel

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

McDaniel Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

The political science program at McDaniel awarded 28 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in political science at McDaniel 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 McDaniel College with a bachelor's in political science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Economists	700	$116,870
Political Science Professors	270	$102,500
Economics Professors	230	$119,300
Political Scientists	90	$123,150

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.