WHAT DO OUR GRADUATES DO WITH THEIR DEGREES?

The political science program can launch a professional career in a wide array of fields. While many students initially major in political science with the intention of pursuing a career in law or electoral politics, department alums have gone on to distinguished careers in countless other fields, becoming environmental consultants, professors, naval officers, CEOs, communications directors, military intelligence officers, secondary teachers, Congressional staffers, principals, public servants, court clerks, urban planners, and leaders in countless other occupations. In short, the political science major at High Point provides a strong foundation for any career that requires first-rate critical thinking, speaking, and writing skills. Recent program alumni have:

• Taken a position assisting victims of natural disasters with AmeriCorps.

• Gone to work as a college project coordinator for NYPERG, New York State's largest student-directed consumer, environmental and government reform organization.

• Become teachers in high schools across the country.

• Been accepted by numerous law schools, including some of the most competitive programs in the country: Catholic University, Emory, Fordham, George Washington U., Wake Forest, Valparaiso, and North Carolina.

• Won election to West Virginia's state legislature.

• Enrolled in graduate and professional programs at: 
  American University (intl. affairs)
  College of Charleston (public administration)
  Duke University (divinity school)
  Elon (law)
  Georgetown University (intl. affairs)
  Georgia State (political science)
  Institute of World Politics (international security)
  Liberty University (law)
  Moravian (divinity school)
  North Carolina State (economics)
  Norwich University (intl. diplomacy)
  Temple University (economics)
  University of Alabama (public administration)
  University of Kentucky (history)
  University of Southern California (communications)
  Yale (divinity school).

• Become the field coordinator/research director for the Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus.

• Matriculated into various divinity schools including Yale, Duke, and Moravian.

• Become a staffer on Capitol Hill for US Senator Kay Hagen.

• Taught English to college students in Korea.

• Worked for the United Nations Development Program.

Political Science alumni have gone to work,
attended graduate school, and interned throughout the country

Many of our majors choose to continue their professional development in graduate programs that specialize in campaign management, law, economics, foreign affairs, public policy, international business, or political science. The PSC curriculum prepares students to flourish in graduate school by building the excellent writing, research, and analytical skills that these programs demand. In recent years, political science majors and minors have been accepted into first-rate graduate, policy and law schools all over the country, including at Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Georgia State, NC State, George Washington University, Pepperdine, Temple, Texas A&M, University of Amsterdam, University of Alabama, UNC-Chapel Hill, University of South Carolina, University of Kentucky, University of Southern California, Valparaiso, Villanova, and Wake Forest.

If you have any questions, or would like additional information, please contact any member of our faculty.