Demographics — Political Science, University of California-Los Angeles

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Diversity Ranking

(Source: NRC, 2010)
The National Research Council ranked programs based on a measure of overall diversity. They generated 500 different rankings to simulate the effects of using different sets of evaluators and ranking programs in different years. Learn more
Histogram of rankings ?
Diversity ranking out of 105 Political Science programs
Range of rankings ?40-66

Faculty Demographics

(Source: NRC, 2006)
Female faculty 24%
Minority faculty 8%

Student Demographics

(Source: GSS, 2007)

Sex

Men 56%
Women 44%

Citizenship

US citizens or permanent residents 82%
Temporary visa holders 18%

Race / Ethnicity

(for US citizens / permanent residents)
Black / African American 7%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0%
Asian 11%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1%
White 58%
Hispanic / Latino 12%
Multiracial, Hispanic / Latino 0%
Multiracial, not Hispanic / Latino 0%
Unknown / not reported 11%

Enrollment Status

Full time 100%
Part time 0%

Demographics of All Graduate Students at the Institution

Sex

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Men 52%
Women 48%

Citizenship

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
US citizens or permanent residents 82%
Temporary visa holders 18%

Race / Ethnicity

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
(for US citizens / permanent residents)
African American 4%
Native American 0%
Asian 20%
White 41%
Hispanic 9%
Unknown 8%

Full-time Status

(Source: IPEDS, 2007)
Full-time 97%
Part-time 3%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Political Science degree recipients from University of California-Los Angeles and may include graduates from more than one program.

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