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Political Science at Virginia State University

Political Science at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020.

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.

Virginia State Political Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Poly Sci

Virginia State Political Science Rankings

The poly sci major at Virginia State 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 Virginia State

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

Virginia State Political Science Bachelor’s Program

58% Women
96% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 42% of poly sci bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in poly sci.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 23
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Political Scientists 1,030 $128,590

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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