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Best Colleges for Political Science and Government

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 299 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 Connecticut College CT $55,935 $85,664 $105,332 $74,297
2 University of Virginia VA $51,004 $80,624 $117,586 $78,658
3 Washington and Lee University VA $34,351 $80,325 $139,907 $78,366
4 University of Michigan MI $45,741 $79,438 $116,762 $86,817
5 Quinnipiac University CT $42,822 $77,568 $88,826 $67,275
6 Wabash College IN $46,845 $77,273 $85,479
7 University of Richmond VA $48,394 $77,115 $120,465 $75,234
8 Carleton College MN $48,943 $76,770 $119,554 $81,583
9 University of Texas at Austin TX $49,089 $76,587 $106,037 $83,156
10 Providence College RI $46,242 $75,928 $112,807 $67,492
11 College of William & Mary VA $48,504 $74,690 $113,748 $72,868
12 CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College NY $46,606 $74,662 $98,392 $56,562
13 Marymount University VA $45,030 $74,382 $99,793 $72,568
14 Binghamton University NY $40,102 $73,964 $100,675 $56,033
15 George Mason University VA $44,925 $73,961 $96,752 $72,157
16 University of Connecticut CT $40,713 $72,068 $103,666 $62,505
17 CUNY Queens College NY $42,470 $71,812 $94,009 $54,403
18 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC $44,371 $71,633 $104,916 $73,244
19 Wheaton College IL $44,700 $71,605 $119,554 $78,001
20 Texas A&M University TX $41,269 $71,194 $97,430 $77,301

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.