Archive

The APSA Research Department publishes reports on a variety of topics pertinent to the political science profession. This page acts as an archive for our older reports. To view our more recent reports, click here.

To view reports on a specific category, select the relevant category below. Can't find the report you're looking for? Email us at surveys@apsanet.org.

Archived Reports

↕ Curriculum

 

• 2015-2016 APSA Departmental Survey: undergraduate enrollments and curriculum (August 2017)
• 2015-2016 APSA Departmental Survey: doctoral curriculum (July 2017)
• Course Offerings and Requirements for Undergraduate Political Science Majors (February 2014)

 

↕ Enrollments and Degrees

 

• 2017-2018 APSA Graduate Placement survey: incoming students report (October 2019)
• 2016-2017 APSA Graduate Placement survey: incoming students report (February 2018)
• 2015-2016 APSA Departmental Survey: undergraduate enrollments and curriculum (August 2017)
• Long Term Trends in Undergraduate Degrees Awarded in the Social Sciences (January 2017)
• Undergraduate Enrollment in Political Science, 2010 - 2014 (March 2016)
• Majors in Political Science, 2008 - 2013 (September 2014)
• Political Science Enrollment, by Highest Degree Offered, by Private or Public Institution, 2010-11 (July 2012)
• Political Science Majors: Longitudinal Comparison 2000-01, 2008-09, and 2010-11 (July 2012)
• Degrees Conferred in Political Science, Economics, History and Sociology 1949-2010 (2010)
• Degrees Conferred in Political Science by Gender, 1966-2008 (2008)

 

↕ Employment and Salaries

 

• 2018-2019 APSA eJobs Report: ejobs advertisements and the political science job market (October 2019)
• 2017-2018 (Updated) Graduate Placement Report (July 2019)
• 2017-2018 Graduate Placement Report (June 2019)
• 2017-2018 Departmental Survey: New Hire Salaries, Benefits, and Professional Development Resources (March 2019)
• 2018-2019 eJobs 6 Month Report (March 2019) 
• 2017-2018 APSA Departmental Survey: Department Chair Compensation Report (December 2018)
• 2017-2018 eJobs Report (August 2018)
• 2016-2017 APSA Departmental Survey: Faculty Composition Report (March 2018)
• 2016-2017 APSA Departmental Survey: Salaries Report (March 2018)
• 2017-2018 eJobs 6 Month Report (February 2018)
• 2016-2017 APSA Graduate Placement Survey: Placement Report (February 2018)
• eJobs data interactive tool (produced in collaboration with Harvard University 2015-2017)​
• 2014-2015 APSA Departmental Survey: Faculty Size (October 2016)
• 2014-2015 APSA Departmental Survey: Tenure Policies (October 2016)
• 2015-2016 eJobs Report (August 2016)
• 2014-2015 APSA Departmental Survey: Starting Packages (July 2016)
• 2014-2015 APSA Departmental Survey: Faculty Salaries (May 2016)
• 2013-2014 APSA Departmental Survey: Faculty Salaries (February 2016)
• 2014-2015 Graduate Placement Survey: Preliminary Findings (December 2015)
• Six Years of Political Science Doctoral Student Placement, 2009- 2014 (February 2015)
• A Longitudinal View of Political Science Doctoral Student Placement, 2009 – 2013 (May 2014)
• A Longitudinal View of Political Science Doctoral Student Placement, 2009-2012 (July 2013)
• Snapshot: Three Years of Political Science Doctoral Student Placement (July 2013)
• Assistant Professor Starting Salaries and Start Up Packages in Political Science, Fall 2012 (June 2013)