2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Connecticut

A master's degree in political science and government is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #71 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 55 master's degrees in political science and government during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Political Science & Government School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in political science matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government in Connecticut ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of political science and government students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for political science and government.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Political Science & Government in Connecticut

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in political science and government.

Most Well Attended Schools for Political Science Students Working on Their Master's

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Yale University
New Haven, CT

39 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Yale University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in political science and government. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in political science and government in Connecticut.

There were about 39 political science and government students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a master's degree in political science and government. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in political science and government in Connecticut.

There were roughly 10 political science and government individuals who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.

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Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

6 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in political science and government has to check out Southern Connecticut State University. SCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of New Haven. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in political science and government in Connecticut.

There were approximately 6 political science and government individuals who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in political science and government from Southern Connecticut State University

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Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in political science and government needs to check out Wesleyan University. Wesleyan U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Middletown. More information about a master’s in political science and government from Wesleyan University

Best Political Science & Government Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Political Science & Government Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	215	78
Rhode Island	116	11
New Hampshire	102	70

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Political Science & Government Related Rankings by Major

One of 12 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Political Science & Government has other similar majors worth exploring.

Political Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science	50
Other Political Science & Government	5

Most Popular Majors Related to Political Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	105
International Relations & National Security	41
Sociology	17
Anthropology	13
Geography & Cartography	11

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.