Political Science - Bachelor [4 Years]
$31,208 /Yr On-campus full_time

Bachelor of Science [B.S] Political Science

  • In uniformly small classes, students also improve their critical and analytical skills and competence in oral and written expression.
  • Political science is one of Holy Cross most popular majors.
  • The major is rigorously structured so as to ensure breadth as well as depth, with courses required in each of the disciplines four subfields.
  • While some of graduates go on to careers in government and academics, department faculty conceive the most fundamental purpose of the major as helping students to become thoughtful, well-informed, and ethical citizens of a constitutional, self-governing republic.
  • Other fields in which graduates who major in the subject have gone on to successful careers include law, journalism, business, high-school teaching, nonprofit organizations, the armed forces, and the priesthood.
  • Added opportunities for study are provided through the Charles Carroll program, the Colleges D.C. semester, other internships, and study abroad.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Tuition Fees $27900 $27900 $27900 $27900
Health Insurance $2753 $2753 $2753 $2753
Others $555 $555 $555 $555
Total Fees $31208 $31208 $31208 $31208

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 100 120 3
IELTS International English Language Testing System 7 9 3

  • With a GPA of 3.82 on a 4.0 scale, the College of the Holy Cross requires students to be near the top of their class, and well above average.
  • Students the transcript should show mostly A's.
  • Ideally, students will also have taken several AP or IB classes to show that they can handle academics at a college level.