Trends in Degrees Political Science Enrollments and Majors: An Update

The information shown below is from Political Science Enrollments and Majors: An Update, by Sheilah Mann, former APSA Director of Education and Professional Development.  Data is from the Annual Survey of Political Science conducted and published for each academic year by the American Political Science Association as reported in surveys from 1982-83 through 1996-97. The year given on the graph is the end of each academic year. The survey was not conducted for academic year 1997-98.

The information is continued on:

• Trends in Enrollments

See also:

• APSA Journal Articles on Enrollments

Percent of Graduate Departments Reporting Increases in the Number of Undergraduate Degrees From the Previous Year, 1983-1999

Percent of Graduate Departments Reporting Decreases in the Number of Undergraduate Degrees From the Previous Year, 1983-1999 

Percent of Undergraduate Departments Reporting Increases in the Number of Undergraduate Degrees From the Previous Year, 1983-1999

Percent of Undergraduate Departments Reporting Decreases in the Number of Undergraduate Degrees From the Previous Year, 1983-1999

Median Number of Undergraduate Political Science Degrees from 1987-88 to 1998-99