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Trends in Numbers of Degrees Earned in Political Science, 1990–2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2007

Leanne Sedowski
Leanne Sedowski
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The number of students pursuing degrees and graduating in political science is growing again after the discipline experienced falling or stagnant enrollment numbers at all academic levels in the 1990s, according to data in the latest Digest of Education Statistics (2005). After experiencing a growth in enrollments and degrees awarded in the 1980s, political science departments reported falling enrollments in the early 1990s and stagnant numbers of degrees awarded in the later half of the 1990s (Mann 1996; 2002). Political science departments began to report increasing enrollments starting in 1998–1999 (Mann 2002), reflected in the increase in graduation numbers beginning in 2002.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 180 - 181
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© 2007 The American Political Science Association

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