2025 Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you plan on getting your master's degree in political science & government, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #71 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for political science & government students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 123 master's degrees in political science & government to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to political science & government students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of political science & government students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for political science & government to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized political science & government related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for political science & government students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Political Science & Government Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Political Science & Government in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in political science & government.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Political Science

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

104 Annual Graduates

$96,306 Median Starting Salary

Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in political science & government. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.

Students who graduate with their master's from the political science program report average early career income of $96,306.

More information about a master’s in political science & government from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

19 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in political science & government. UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a master’s in political science & government from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Political Science & Government Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	217
Pennsylvania	248	40
New Jersey	188	48
District of Columbia	154	251
Delaware	109	6

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Political Science & Government Related Rankings by Major

Political Science & Government is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Political Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Political Science & Government	67
Political Science	56

Most Popular Majors Related to Political Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security	789
Economics	516
Geography & Cartography	77
General Social Sciences	41
Sociology	20
Urban Studies	17
Anthropology	11
Other Social Sciences	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.