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Political Science and Government

Pay figures are each school's median earnings five years after graduation for THIS major (College Scorecard). The spread is real: where you study it changes what it pays. Click a column to sort.

863
schools offer it
34,648
grads per year
$60,817
median pay 5 yrs out
$53,969-$68,910
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA653$75,578
Florida State UniversityD1FL421$69,965
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA418$78,026
University of WashingtonD1WA389$68,104
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI384$68,593
University of California, San DiegoD1CA383$69,947
University of Central FloridaD1FL378$56,469
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC369$71,082
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ356$68,231
University of Texas at AustinD1TX340$70,835
University of FloridaD1FL337$70,551
University of California, DavisD1CA336$65,407
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA322$73,638
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD321$79,622
Florida International UniversityD1FL312$53,189
George Washington UniversityD1DC305$86,946
Texas A&M University, College StationD1TX278$66,219
Georgetown UniversityD1DC272$86,431
University of GeorgiaD1GA266$66,357
University of California, RiversideD1CA265$59,096
The Ohio State UniversityD1OH265$66,909
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL252$74,311
University of MichiganD1MI247$78,402
Columbia University-Barnard CollegeD1NY232$98,687
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ219$71,531
University of HoustonD1TX213$61,848
University of South Carolina, ColumbiaD1SC210$60,403
University of South FloridaD1FL209$58,714
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA202$59,758
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesD1MN201$63,560
University of AlabamaD1AL200$61,049
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityD1VA200$72,652
Georgia State UniversityD1GA195$53,969
University of OregonD1OR193$69,621
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA188$56,503
University of Massachusetts, AmherstD1MA188$68,047
New York UniversityD3NY183$85,250
University of ArizonaD1AZ182$64,459
Dartmouth CollegeD1NH182$101,103
University of ConnecticutD1CT181$74,491
George Mason UniversityD1VA180$74,736
North Carolina State UniversityD1NC177$64,316
University of Notre DameD1IN175$81,595
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA175$69,838
California State University, SacramentoD1CA172$66,718
San Diego State UniversityD1CA169$70,987
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO169$69,949
Louisiana State UniversityD1LA165$66,283
Harvard UniversityD1MA164$117,484
Boston UniversityD1MA162$69,721
Miami University (Ohio)D1OH160$64,243
Boston CollegeD1MA158$90,434
The University of North Carolina at CharlotteD1NC154$51,763
Fordham UniversityD1NY152$77,828
Liberty UniversityD1VA152$49,988
University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleD1TN149$55,196
Howard UniversityD1DC148$59,986
Loyola University ChicagoD1IL147$68,766
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT146$79,248
University of UtahD1UT142$60,348
Syracuse UniversityD1NY141$67,317
Colorado State UniversityD1CO140$61,493
University at AlbanyD1NY140$53,821
University of IowaD1IA139$63,699
Grand Canyon UniversityD1AZ138$56,495
University of North TexasD1TX132$56,747
Hunter CollegeD3NY131$66,568
University of KansasD1KS130$67,019
College of the Holy CrossD1MA129$82,765
University of VirginiaD1VA127$84,910
University of Arkansas, FayettevilleD1AR126$66,167
Michigan State UniversityD1MI126$72,691
Florida Atlantic UniversityD1FL124$52,473
Texas State UniversityD1TX124$49,969
Texas Tech UniversityD1TX124$57,886
California State University, FullertonD1CA120$62,338
John Jay College of Criminal JusticeD3NY120$59,730
Binghamton UniversityD1NY118$70,902
University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkD1NY117$62,844
Cornell UniversityD1NY116$87,361
Villanova UniversityD1PA115$85,999
Indiana University, BloomingtonD1IN114$70,848
Stony Brook UniversityD1NY114$77,623
Purdue UniversityD1IN113$72,774
University of KentuckyD1KY112$58,226
University of PennsylvaniaD1PA112$111,976
University of ChicagoD3IL111$88,531
Duke UniversityD1NC111$101,627
James Madison UniversityD1VA110$68,443
Yale UniversityD1CT107$123,834
Northwestern UniversityD1IL106$76,128
University of PittsburghD1PA106$61,478
Clemson UniversityD1SC104$74,888
University of DelawareD1DE103$79,001
Queens College (New York)D2NY102$63,762
University of OklahomaD1OK100$56,749
San Francisco State UniversityD2CA99$72,521
DePaul UniversityD1IL99$63,180
Baylor UniversityD1TX99$70,092
Appalachian State UniversityD1NC98$47,799
Santa Clara UniversityD1CA96$73,668
Western Washington UniversityD2WA90$56,069
Kennesaw State UniversityD1GA90$53,529
Wayne State University (Michigan)D2MI89$69,454
University of MississippiD1MS89$58,688
Emory UniversityD3GA87$64,001
Bucknell UniversityD1PA87$87,169
University of Rhode IslandD1RI86$65,055
College of Charleston (South Carolina)D1SC86$55,509
California Polytechnic State UniversityD1CA85$90,264
Loyola Marymount UniversityD1CA85$73,765
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)D3CT84n/a
University of North FloridaD1FL83$51,478
University of LouisvilleD1KY83$55,314
University of Nevada, Las VegasD1NV83$64,601
Southern New Hampshire UniversityD2NH83$62,387
Auburn UniversityD1AL82$63,805
University of Illinois ChicagoD1IL82$57,896
Baruch CollegeD3NY82$60,702
Tufts UniversityD3MA81$76,532