Available Political Science Degree Programs
Associate Degrees:
Bachelor’s Degrees:
- B.S. in Law and Policy
- B.S. in Political Science
Master’s Degree:
Online Political Science Degrees
It takes more than just strong legal and legislative knowledge to make good policy – it takes strong, ethical leaders. If you want to get involved in the political process and help guide the future of the country, then Liberty University’s online political science degrees can help you get the training you need.
If you are just starting out, you need a broad foundation of political science studies to help you meet the challenges of public office. Liberty’s bachelor’s in political science can help you engage in the most important and practical topics of today.
If you already have a bachelor’s degree, you need advanced studies in effective leadership, practical policy, and the legislative process to build your career in politics. Liberty’s M.S. in Political Science is designed to help you stand out as an expert in your field.
By earning your political science degree with Liberty, you can gain a broad and in-depth understanding of the implications of policy decisions while you master the psychology and communication of public discourse. As you develop into a political science expert, you can use your skills to analyze public policy decisions, advise legislators, make policy in elected office, and bring your case for effective policy to the public. Liberty University’s online political science bachelor’s and master’s degrees are designed to give you the skills you need to make a positive impact on our political future.
What Will You Learn in Our Online Political Science Degree Programs?
Liberty’s online political science degrees provide training for a variety of different roles and careers. Our 100% online degrees are focused on preparing you to succeed in whatever path your job leads you down with topics such as:
- American foreign policy programs
- Contemporary issues in politics
- How political actions can impact a country’s course
- Legal theories and concepts
- Political theory and history
- The processes and functions of American government
Through our programs, you will study how political actions impact the course of our government and how you can positively impact the lives of others. These studies will help prepare you for leadership and set you apart as an expert in the field.
Potential Careers Available to Political Science Graduates
With a degree focused on political science, there are many paths you can take for your career. Depending on your level of education and experience, you can gain the skills and knowledge you need to pursue roles in politics, such as:
- Community organizer
- Compliance manager
- Investment fund manager
- Political analyst
- Political correspondent journalist
- Public administration consultant
- Regulatory affairs analyst
- Security policy manager
What Are the Benefits of Earning a Political Science Degree with Liberty University?
- We are recognized by multiple institutions for our academic quality, affordability, and accessibility. Our commitment to excellence also helped us rank in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America. Studying political science with a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
- To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all undergraduate courses at no cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks.
- Liberty University’s state-of-the-art online learning environment offers you a wide variety of learning methods, including simulations, recorded lectures, and digital collaboration tools that will help you engage with your studies and learn practical teaching skills.
- Tuition for all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs has not increased in 8 straight years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university.
- Our political science programs are offered in 8-week course formats, with 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times!
Military Benefits
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students from all over the globe. Whether you are a current service member, discharged or retired from service, or the spouse of a service member or veteran, we are here to support you every step of the journey.
As a thank-you for your dedication and service to our country, Liberty is honored to serve and support you in your pursuit of online education by offering the following benefits:
Undergraduate Military Benefits
Graduate Military Benefits
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Experience That Matters to You
As an accredited Christian college with a 7,000-acre campus in Lynchburg, Virginia, Liberty University offers you an education that is both academically challenging and rooted in a biblical worldview.
At Liberty, you’ll benefit from 35+ years of learning, growing, adapting, and innovating for the distance learner — and more than a decade of researching the needs of the online student. You can be confident that we’ve taken the time to learn what’s important to you.
And what’s that?
- Affordability
- Accessibility
- Academic Quality
These important factors challenged us to find new financial solutions, get ahead of industry trends, and blaze trails into cutting-edge career fields — and it’s paid off. That’s the difference experience makes.
Ranked in the top 10% of Niche.com’s best online schools in America and recognized by multiple institutions for academic quality, affordability, and accessibility.
Why Choose Liberty University?
Enjoy Flexible Courses
Choose from a wide variety of programs at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level, most of which are 100% online*. With an 8-week format and 8 start dates per year, it’s easy to fit your courses around your schedule!
* Some exclusions apply. Please refer to our exclusions page for more information.
Maximize Your Time
Start and finish your degree faster! Liberty requires no standardized testing for admission, and you can transfer previous course credit — transfer in up to 75% of a bachelor’s degree and up to 50% of a master’s, postgraduate, or doctoral degree — or discover how your life, career, or military experience may count toward your college degree.
Grow in Your Faith
All of our courses are taught from a Christian perspective, and our faculty see themselves as mentors. Our mission is to Train Champions for Christ — we’re committed to championing you as you study to go further in your field, become a leader in your industry, or start a new career.
Access Academic Support
Throughout your educational journey, you will have access to academic resources that will aid in the completion of your degree. Services include our Jerry Falwell Library, writing center, tutoring, study aids, IT assistance, 30+ tutorial videos, live webinars, and personalized help from our academic advising team.
An Online Education with On-Campus Benefits
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Graduate with your peers
Be inspired by world-renowned
speakers at Convocation
As a nonprofit (not-for-profit) university, Liberty is in the business of training skilled professionals to make a difference in the world – not gaining profit, revenue, or producing dividends for shareholders. In keeping with our commitment to your education, we invest our resources back into degree programs and into your student experience.
While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university and has not increased tuition for 9 straight years. Lower tuition means less student loan debt for students.
For Liberty University, nonprofit is more than a status; it is a valuable opportunity to invest in the lives of students who will go out and impact the world.
Financing Options
Financial Aid
Nearly 80% of all Liberty students in an online program are awarded financial aid. Virginia residents may qualify for additional aid — learn more!
Corporate Tuition Assistance
Deferred – If your company reimburses you for the cost of your education, you pay only a portion of your balance up front. You submit your grades to your employer who pays you, and then you pay the remaining balance for your classes.
Tuition Discounts
Qualified military service members, veterans, and their spouses can receive up to 55% off their tuition rate for eligible programs!
Contact one of our Admissions Counselors for more information by calling (800) 424-9595.
