Federal data

Largest political science and government programs in the United States

U.S. 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.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1University of California-Los AngelesLos AngelesPublic, 4-year708
2Florida State UniversityTallahasseePublic, 4-year501
3University of California-BerkeleyBerkeleyPublic, 4-year421
4Arizona State UniversityTempePublic, 4-year415
5University of Central FloridaOrlandoPublic, 4-year409
6The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic, 4-year340
7George Washington UniversityWashingtonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year335
8University of California-San DiegoLa JollaPublic, 4-year334
9Florida International UniversityMiamiPublic, 4-year305
10University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta BarbaraPublic, 4-year303
11Ohio State UniversityColumbusPublic, 4-year300
12University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonPublic, 4-year288
13University of WashingtonSeattlePublic, 4-year287
14University of California-DavisDavisPublic, 4-year285
15University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillPublic, 4-year282
16University of Maryland-College ParkCollege ParkPublic, 4-year282
17Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year277
18American UniversityWashingtonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year274
19Georgetown UniversityWashingtonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year269
20University of California-IrvineIrvinePublic, 4-year266
21University of GeorgiaAthensPublic, 4-year257
22University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborPublic, 4-year255
23Texas A&M University-College StationCollege StationPublic, 4-year252
24University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaignPublic, 4-year243
25University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbiaPublic, 4-year240

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.