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Most Popular Schools for American Government and Politics Major & Degree Program (United States)

A program that focuses on the systematic study of United States political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in American political theory, political parties and interest groups, state and local governments, Constitutional law, federalism and national institutions, executive and legislative politics, judicial politics, popular attitudes and media influences, political research methods, and applications to the study of specific issues and institutions.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 George Washington University 164 2% $71,930
2 University of California-San Diego 28 0% $32,838
3 Misericordia University 20 3% $49,450
4 University of Baltimore 19 1% $10,558
5 Arizona Christian University 15 9% $42,670
6 University of Massachusetts-Boston 12 0% $36,647
7 Adams State University 12 1% $22,708
8 United States Military Academy 11 1% N/A
9 Oklahoma City Community College 9 0% $5,659
10 Belmont Abbey College 9 3% $32,894
11 Western Michigan University 8 0% $26,009
12 Fordham University 8 0% $74,265
13 Georgetown University 7 0% $73,840
14 Southern Nazarene University 5 1% $38,478
15 Evangel University 4 1% $37,374
16 St Philip's College 4 0% $4,311
17 Salem State University 3 0% $27,384
18 Emmanuel College 3 1% $58,153
19 Thomas College 3 1% $40,950
20 Anna Maria College 2 0% $54,090
21 University of Memphis 2 0% $25,423
22 Ohio Christian University 2 0% $33,532
23 University of Akron Main Campus 1 0% $27,279
24 Catholic University of America 1 0% $64,560
25 Villanova University 1 0% $70,728
26 Lenoir-Rhyne University 1 0% $52,920
27 Lynn University 1 0% $56,823
28 Emory & Henry College 1 0% $50,800
29 University of Nebraska at Omaha 1 0% $22,300

This list indicates the number of students that completed the American Government and Politics (United States) program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.