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2023 Most Popular Online Political Science & Government Schools in Maryland

2 Colleges
$41,691 Avg Salary
$22,833 Avg Student Debt

Political Science & Government is the #18 most popular major in Maryland with 1,135 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Political Science & Government Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Political Science & Government Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Maryland Global Campus to be the most popular school for political science and government students who want to pursue an online degree in Maryland. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

While working on their degree, political science majors at UMGC accumulate an average of around $18,039 in student debt.

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#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Political Science & Government Schools in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

The average amount in student loans that political science majors at Johns Hopkins take out is $10,982.

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Best Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,080
New York 3,785
New Jersey 792
District of Columbia 1,324
Delaware 173

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One of 12 majors within the area of study, political science and government has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Political Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UKWiki at English Wikipedia.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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