10 Things You Can Do With A Political Science Degree
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10 Things You Can Do With A Political Science Degree

A liberal arts degree is versatile in a unique way, even though a lot of people believe that you won't have a good job after college.

Anisha Patel
Oct 08, 2018
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When going into the liberal arts, there is this cloud of doubt that follows you until you figure out what you're doing with your life. A lot of people believe that you won't have a good job after college, but that is not true. A liberal arts degree is versatile in a unique way, especially when you are studying political science.

Here are ten things you can do with a political science degree that you may not think about:

1. Campaign Work

This is probably obvious, but you can use your political knowledge to help get someone elected and create change.

2. Lobbyist

Lobbying is such a large part of politics and is not going away any time soon. There is plenty of help needed and especially in the nation's capital.

3. Marketing/Communications

Your writing and speaking skills get highly developed in this major, and with social media marketing and data analysis playing large parts, this could be the perfect job.

4. Public Relations

This goes hand in hand with communications. You skill set is well rounded that with a little work, you could easily get into PR.

5. Policy Analyst

Your analytical background will help to read through policy and help write the policies that change the future.

6. Grad School

Any type of program would love to see your versatile background and analytical skills. Especially for a Masters program or Law.

7. Nonprofit Work

Use your degree to give back in the world.

8. Research

Pretty self explanatory, but you could do research for an institution on anything you've studied related back to political science.

9. Data Analysis

When you take the science route, you become familiar with coding and statistics which opens 100s of door into data analysis job types.

10. Government Affairs

This is everything business related, policy related, and really anything. You pull knowledge from government classes and apply it to businesses.

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