Political Science institutions in California.

Understand the field and the list

Official CIP classification: Political Science and Government, General.

A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public opinion, political research methods, studies of the government and politics of specific countries, and studies of specific political institutions and processes.

This list uses the latest connected positive bachelor completion record for each institution in this CIP field. Award counts describe historical completions, not admissions capacity, quality, rankings or a current program guarantee. A related course may be classified under another code.

Compare the institution’s actual curriculum, campus, degree title and current application instructions. Historical out-of-state undergraduate charges are institution-level figures and may not describe this specific degree or international-student category.

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The source is the connected IPEDS first-major completion dataset, using bachelor award level 5 and exact six-digit CIP 45.1001. Full source evidence and other connected years are available from institution pages.

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