Political Science & Government at Winthrop University

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

Winthrop is located in Rock Hill, South Carolina and has a total student population of 5,576. In 2021, 19 political science majors received their bachelor's degree from Winthrop.

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.

Winthrop Political Science & Government Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

Winthrop Political Science & Government Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the political science progam at Winthrop 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 Winthrop 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 Focused Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	503
Most Focused Political Science & Government Schools	538
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	576
	609

Earnings of Winthrop Political Science Graduates

The median salary of political science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Winthrop is $26,207. 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 Winthrop

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

Winthrop Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Winthrop. About 53% of these graduates were women and the other 47% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Winthrop University with a bachelor's in political science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Winthrop 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 SC, the home state for Winthrop University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Political Science Professors	130	$82,140
Economists	90	$68,550
Economics Professors	50	$70,190

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 Bill Fitzpatrick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.