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Largest political science and government programs in Connecticut
Connecticut political science and government programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Public, 4-year | 195 |
| 2 | Yale University | New Haven | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 154 |
| 3 | Trinity College | Hartford | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 76 |
| 4 | Wesleyan University | Middletown | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 59 |
| 5 | United States Coast Guard Academy | New London | Public, 4-year | 44 |
| 6 | Quinnipiac University | Hamden | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 31 |
| 7 | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | Public, 4-year | 29 |
| 8 | Connecticut State Community College | New Britain | Public, 2-year | 28 |
| 9 | Central Connecticut State University | New Britain | Public, 4-year | 24 |
| 10 | Connecticut College | New London | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 24 |
| 11 | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 19 |
| 12 | Fairfield University | Fairfield | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 15 |
| 13 | University of Hartford | West Hartford | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 14 | Western Connecticut State University | Danbury | Public, 4-year | 8 |
| 15 | Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | Public, 4-year | 6 |
| 16 | University of New Haven | West Haven | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 17 | Albertus Magnus College | New Haven | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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