Political Science at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 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.

UCF Political Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Poly Sci
• Master’s Degree in Poly Sci

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCF offers distance education options for poly sci at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UCF Political Science Rankings

The poly sci major at UCF 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 UCF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the poly sci majors at University of Central Florida.

UCF Political Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of poly sci bachelor's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its poly sci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in poly sci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	129
White	177
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

UCF Political Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of poly sci master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

Of the students who received a poly sci master's degree from UCF, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in poly sci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Political Science Professors	410	$93,470
Political Scientists	40	$95,120

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.