Best Colleges for Political Science and Government

Schools offering this major, ranked by graduate earnings.

87schools

8,456total graduates

$76,874avg 10yr earnings

School

10yr Earnings

Net Price

Admit

Graduates

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

$110,066

$6,128

4.6%

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

$104,736

$28,849

9.6%

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Yale University

New Haven, CT

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

$94,810

$23,781

14.0%

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

$93,807

$40,766

28.9%

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

$91,410

$34,433

31.4%

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

$90,779

$34,832

29.3%

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

$88,665

$17,716

8.3%

Union College

Schenectady, NY

$88,604

$34,561

43.9%

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

$85,139

$28,786

13.9%

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

$84,803

$25,496

14.1%

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

Tufts University

Medford, MA

$83,214

$39,998

11.5%

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

$82,735

$14,398

7.1%

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

$81,400

$17,379

13.4%

Barnard College

New York, NY

$80,516

$28,800

8.8%

Colby College

Waterville, ME

$80,490

$17,180

7.1%

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

$80,257

$23,149

7.5%

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

$79,966

$25,314

12.4%

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

$78,411

$28,985

13.6%

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

$77,644

$23,367

9.0%

Scripps College

Claremont, CA

$77,539

$36,294

38.3%

American University

Washington, DC

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

$76,310

$31,483

10.8%

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

$76,178

$31,309

22.2%

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

$76,124

$36,425

28.2%

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

$75,951

$38,263

44.2%

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

$75,217

$31,759

29.4%

Connecticut College

New London, CT

$75,001

$36,175

37.0%

University of Connecticut-Stamford

Stamford, CT

$73,997

$16,798

83.0%

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

The Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

$73,250

$29,561

82.8%

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

$72,085

$20,723

22.7%

Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

$71,830

$38,512

31.0%

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

$71,517

$31,490

38.9%

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

$71,366

$39,343

18.6%

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

$70,204

$37,607

42.1%

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA

$69,594

$38,394

72.3%

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

$69,512

$34,191

25.2%

Bates College

Lewiston, ME

$69,498

$29,351

13.3%

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

$69,363

$32,297

21.1%

Furman University

Greenville, SC

$68,635

$30,308

43.0%

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

$67,918

$25,002

80.6%

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

$67,589

$33,313

38.1%

SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

$67,316

$18,211

66.5%

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY

$67,258

$28,651

54.3%

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

$65,543

$23,874

48.3%

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

$65,222

$33,375

18.5%

The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

$64,911

$27,872

56.9%

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

$63,878

$32,149

28.5%

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

Howard University

Washington, DC

$63,066

$50,539

41.3%

Reed College

Portland, OR

$62,927

$33,013

24.6%

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

$62,830

$17,648

14.5%

Clark University

Worcester, MA

$62,381

$28,714

39.5%

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

$60,663

$21,916

77.9%

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

$60,509

$23,015

86.0%

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

$60,110

$18,441

68.6%

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

$59,993

$38,967

24.9%

The College of Wooster

Wooster, OH

$59,629

$23,458

59.5%

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

$58,343

$38,645

34.2%

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

$58,285

$22,610

53.4%

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

$56,955

$21,145

97.8%

Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX

$56,878

$29,224

43.0%

Knox College

Galesburg, IL

$54,820

$24,595

70.8%

Fisk University

Nashville, TN

$45,454

$32,020

37.4%

United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT

N/A

22.4%

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

N/A

9.3%

127

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, MI

N/A

20.7%

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