Master's Degree

Department of Political Science

Master's Degree


About Our Master's Program

Your classes in the political science department will teach you the nature of power in our world through an option of lenses based on your interests. We offer a wide variety of perspectives so that you can pick the approach that is most appealing to you.

Alumni Outcomes

Our alumni have gone on to earn PhDs and teach at universities across the country and around the world. They’re lawyers and public policy analysts, researchers and writers, foreign service officers and CEOs. Whether working on the staff of U.S. Senators, leading private companies, practicing law, or spearheading U.S. diplomacy efforts abroad, PSU political science master’s graduates are making a difference and leaving their mark across the globe.