Colleges Offering Political Science and Government

Compare program size, cost, selectivity, and institution-wide student outcomes.

Important context: earnings on this page are median outcomes for the school overall, not earnings for graduates of this specific major. Schools are ordered by that institution-wide figure.
87schools
6,635total graduates
$76,874avg school-wide 10yr earnings
#
School
School-wide Earnings
Net Price
Admit
Graduates
1

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

$110,066
$6,128
4.6%
58
2

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

$104,736
$28,849
9.6%
30
3

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

$103,937
$41,704
16.4%
113
4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

$103,494
$40,815
12.9%
231
5

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

$102,491
$21,590
4.0%
201
6

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

$101,817
$19,066
3.6%
139
7

Yale University

New Haven, CT

$100,533
$23,777
3.9%
114
8

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

$99,980
$26,780
11.3%
133
9

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

$97,434
$29,519
5.4%
122
10

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

$94,810
$23,781
14.0%
32
11

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

$93,807
$40,766
28.9%
62
12

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

$92,446
$13,481
11.0%
386
13

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

$91,885
$14,860
4.5%
75
14

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

$91,410
$34,433
31.4%
60
15

George Washington University

Washington, DC

$90,873
$36,586
47.1%
231
16

Trinity College

Hartford, CT

$90,779
$34,832
29.3%
76
17

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

$90,543
$38,782
17.6%
109
18

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

$89,363
$29,167
7.7%
68
19

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

$88,665
$17,716
8.3%
12
20

Union College

Schenectady, NY

$88,604
$34,561
43.9%
27
21

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

$85,569
$44,338
59.3%
141
22

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

$85,139
$28,786
13.9%
80
23

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

$84,803
$25,496
14.1%
36
24

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$83,648
$13,138
15.6%
237
25

Tufts University

Medford, MA

$83,214
$39,998
11.5%
51
26

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

$82,735
$14,398
7.1%
60
27

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

$82,511
$12,548
9.0%
687
28

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

$81,400
$17,379
13.4%
44
29

Barnard College

New York, NY

$80,516
$28,800
8.8%
61
30

Colby College

Waterville, ME

$80,490
$17,180
7.1%
37
31

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

$80,257
$23,149
7.5%
25
32

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

$79,966
$25,314
12.4%
20
33

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

$78,466
$14,091
39.1%
273
34

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

$78,411
$28,985
13.6%
17
35

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

$78,158
$28,719
21.7%
124
36

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

$77,644
$23,367
9.0%
16
37

Scripps College

Claremont, CA

$77,539
$36,294
38.3%
20
38

American University

Washington, DC

$77,370
$41,943
62.0%
194
39

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

$76,310
$31,483
10.8%
31
40

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

$76,178
$31,309
22.2%
20
41

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

$76,124
$36,425
28.2%
37
42

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

$75,951
$38,263
44.2%
25
43

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

$75,217
$31,759
29.4%
21
44

Connecticut College

New London, CT

$75,001
$36,175
37.0%
24
45

University of Connecticut-Stamford

Stamford, CT

$73,997
$16,798
83.0%
2
46

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

$73,897
$30,177
16.5%
59
47

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

$73,490
$19,096
34.1%
138
48

The Catholic University of America

Washington, DC

$73,250
$29,561
82.8%
29
49

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

$72,085
$20,723
22.7%
38
50

Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

$71,830
$38,512
31.0%
30
51

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$71,588
$6,541
24.2%
300
52

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

$71,530
$36,079
81.6%
129
53

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

$71,517
$31,490
38.9%
64
54

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

$71,366
$39,343
18.6%
30
55

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

$70,204
$37,607
42.1%
29
56

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA

$69,594
$38,394
72.3%
23
57

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

$69,512
$34,191
25.2%
17
58

Bates College

Lewiston, ME

$69,498
$29,351
13.3%
43
59

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

$69,363
$32,297
21.1%
27
60

Furman University

Greenville, SC

$68,635
$30,308
43.0%
32
61

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

$67,918
$25,002
80.6%
9
62

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

$67,589
$33,313
38.1%
19
63

SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

$67,316
$18,211
66.5%
31
64

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY

$67,258
$28,651
54.3%
38
65

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

$65,543
$23,874
48.3%
30
66

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

$65,222
$33,375
18.5%
43
67

The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

$64,911
$27,872
56.9%
28
68

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN

$63,878
$32,149
28.5%
33
69

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

$63,268
$39,949
14.0%
117
70

Howard University

Washington, DC

$63,066
$50,539
41.3%
194
71

Reed College

Portland, OR

$62,927
$33,013
24.6%
16
72

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

$62,830
$17,648
14.5%
35
73

Clark University

Worcester, MA

$62,381
$28,714
39.5%
31
74

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

$60,663
$21,916
77.9%
12
75

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

$60,509
$23,015
86.0%
53
76

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

$60,110
$18,441
68.6%
22
77

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

$59,993
$38,967
24.9%
62
78

The College of Wooster

Wooster, OH

$59,629
$23,458
59.5%
28
79

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

$58,343
$38,645
34.2%
26
80

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

$58,285
$22,610
53.4%
25
81

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

$56,955
$21,145
97.8%
29
82

Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX

$56,878
$29,224
43.0%
12
83

Knox College

Galesburg, IL

$54,820
$24,595
70.8%
9
84

Fisk University

Nashville, TN

$45,454
$32,020
37.4%
8
85

United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT

N/A
N/A
22.4%
44
86

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

N/A
N/A
9.3%
100
87

Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, MI

N/A
N/A
20.7%
31
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